What is the food for lowering blood pressure? What can eat effectively reduce blood pressure? The occurrence of hypertension is not only related to genetic and environmental factors, but also closely related to dietary factors. If we strengthen diet management and choose vegetables and fruits which are helpful to reduce blood pressure, it will be conducive to disease control and stability. According to research at home and abroad, the food for lowering blood pressure includes the following fruits and vegetables, which are indispensable food for patients with hypertension.
(1) Momordica charantia: Momordica charantia contains carotene, nicotinic acid, ascorbic acid, crude fiber, Momordica charantia, a variety of nutrients needed by human body. Its nature is bitter and cold, and it has the effect of clearing away heat and toxin, clearing heart and removing blood, improving eyesight and reducing blood pressure. Momordica charantia can be ground juice, cold, soup, fried food. The oxalic acid contained in balsam pear will hinder the absorption of calcium. Before cooking, you should blanch balsam pear in boiling water, remove oxalic acid, and then stir fry. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should be careful to eat.
(2) Carrot: carrot is rich in vitamins, minerals and a variety of carotenes. Modern studies have found that carrots contain potassium succinate, which can reduce blood pressure, strengthen heart, anti-inflammatory and anti allergic effects. Carrots can be eaten raw, ground juice, boiled or fried.
(3) Spinach: spinach is rich in iron, protein, vitamin A and vitamin C. its red root contains vitamin K, which is deficient in common fruits and vegetables. It helps to prevent skin and visceral bleeding. Spinach can be fried, cold mixed, filled or simmered soup, hypertension patients with constipation, headache, dizziness, red face is more appropriate to eat. Note: do not eat with tofu.
(4) Celery: Celery contains coriander glycoside, mannitol and other substances, has the effect of lowering blood pressure and blood lipid, and has obvious curative effect on primary, gestational and menopausal hypertension. Celery can be ground juice, cooked, or fried with chrysanthemum, horseshoe soup, or mixed with other vegetables. Celery, chicken and rabbit.
(5) Carrots: carrots have high nutritional value, known as the 'King of vegetables'. Quercetin and catechol can increase coronary blood flow, reduce blood pressure and blood lipid, promote adrenaline synthesis and prevent hypertension. Carrots can be fried, stewed or ground. Note: avoid eating with white radish.
(6) Apple is rich in pectin, which can reduce the concentration of cholesterol in blood and prevent fat aggregation. It has been reported that people who eat one or two apples a day can reduce their blood cholesterol by more than 10%. Eating apples often can improve vascular sclerosis, which is beneficial to hypertension patients with too much salt.
(7) Milk contains hydroxyl and methyl glutaric acid, which can inhibit the activity of cholesterol synthase in human body, thus inhibiting the synthesis of cholesterol. In addition, milk contains more calcium, can also reduce the body's absorption of cholesterol.
(8) Onion in Europe, known as the 'Queen of vegetables', is rich in nutrients, including ascorbic acid and 18 kinds of amino acids. Modern studies have found that onion contains sulfide, flavonoids, phenylpropanoid phenols, steroidal saponins, prostaglandins and other chemical components, which have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, anti-cancer, diuretic and antidiarrheal effects, as well as hypoglycemic, blood lipid, cholesterol, blood pressure, anti platelet aggregation, prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, anti-oxidation, beauty and other functions Eat onion often, can stabilize blood pressure for a long time, reduce blood vessel brittleness.
(9) Ginger: ginger contains an organic compound similar to salicylic acid. Its dilute solution is the diluent and anticoagulant of blood, which has a good effect on lowering blood fat, blood pressure and preventing thrombosis.
(10) Kelp: kelp is cheap, good quality and rich in nutrition. It is a treasure house of calcium and iron. The alginic acid in Laminaria japonica has antihypertensive effect. Kelp contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acids, which can remove the cholesterol attached to the wall of blood vessels; dietary fiber in kelp can regulate the gastrointestinal tract, promote cholesterol excretion and control cholesterol absorption. Kelp calcium also helps to reduce cholesterol absorption, lower blood pressure. Iodide in kelp can accelerate the excretion of pathological changes and inflammatory exudates, reduce blood pressure, prevent arteriosclerosis and promote the excretion of harmful substances. Kelp can be ground juice, cold, soup or fried cooked food.
(11) Lentinus edodes: Lentinus edodes contains lentinan, asparagin and other active substances, among which tyrosine, oxidase and other substances have the effect of lowering blood pressure, cholesterol and blood lipid, and can also prevent arteriosclerosis, liver cirrhosis and other diseases. Lentinus edodes can be fried or boiled in soup.
(12) Turtle has the function of nourishing yin and tonifying. Turtle can effectively reduce the cholesterol content after high-fat diet.
(13) Tomato: tomato is the best source of vitamin C, and this kind of vitamin C is protected by organic acid, which is not easy to be damaged when boiling, and is easy to be absorbed by human body. Tomatoes also contain a large amount of lycopene and other carotenoids, which have the functions of antioxidation, eliminating free radicals, slowing down the formation of atherosclerosis and so on, which are beneficial to prevent cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Eat tomato juice often, have the effect that reduces blood pressure slowly, diuretic, detumescence. Tomatoes can be eaten as fruit and stir fried vegetables. It is better to wash with boiling water before eating to avoid eating bacteria and parasites by mistake. Tomatoes should not be eaten on an empty stomach, otherwise it is easy to increase gastric acid, resulting in heartburn, abdominal pain and other maladjustment symptoms. Tomatoes can be eaten raw, sweet and sour, or fried. Note: avoid eating with cucumber.
(14) Wax gourd contains a lot of water, vitamins, trace elements, rich crude fiber, no fat, low sodium content, conducive to water expectorant, weight loss and antihypertensive effect. Wax gourd can be boiled soup, fried, porridge and so on.
(15) Oat is rich in linoleic acid, accounting for 35% - 52% of all unsaturated fatty acids. Vitamin E content is also very rich, but also contains saponins, can reduce the concentration of plasma cholesterol.