Dietary considerations for patients with hypertension

Keeping slightly hungry

Dietary arrangements should be made with small, frequent meals, avoiding overfilling, and keeping weight at a normal level tends to make control of blood pressure easier. At the same time, a variety of antihypertensive drugs may bring about adverse effects on glucose metabolism and lipid metabolism, a little hunger will be very beneficial.

Low salt

Salt consumption should be strictly controlled at 2-5 grams per day, equivalent to the size of a fava bean. 3-5 milliliters of soy sauce is equivalent to 1 gram of salt. Salted (sauce) vegetables, fermented bean curd, salted meat (eggs), pickled products, clams and shellfish, shrimp, leather eggs, and vegetables such as coriander, grass head, cabbage and so on are high in sodium and should be eaten sparingly or not eaten.

High potassium

Potassium-rich foods in the recipe often "show up" is not only directly beneficial to the control of blood pressure, but also to avoid the side effects of some antihypertensive drugs. Beans, mushrooms, black dates, almonds, walnuts, peanuts, potatoes, bamboo shoots, lean meat, fish, poultry, root vegetables such as amaranth, greens and scallions, fruits such as bananas, dates, peaches, oranges, etc. are rich in potassium.

Calcium

Calcium can not only maintain strong bones, soft tissues also need it, appropriate calcium nutrition can maintain stable blood pressure, its mechanism of action and calcium can inhibit the parathyroid gland secretion of a hypertensive factor. Calcium-rich foods first push dairy products, such as soybeans, sunflower seeds, walnuts, peanuts, fish, shrimp, jujubes, fresh potherb mustard, garlic, kelp, seaweed, nori and so on is also very important.

Magnesium

Magnesium deficiency and hypertension have a clear correlation, magnesium deficiency will also appear in the long-term application of diuretics in hypertensive patients, pay attention to magnesium supplementation to help control blood pressure. Soybeans, fish, green leafy vegetables, nuts, peanut butter and yogurt are rich in magnesium.

High blood pressure seriously affects health and can lead to headaches and dizziness. Preventive measures must be taken against high blood pressure. It should be avoided as much as possible.

What are the ways to prevent high blood pressure

Keep optimistic mood

Good and stable mood is an important factor in the stability of blood pressure, and mental tension can make the body's sympathetic nerves and adrenal medulla activity, resulting in increased blood pressure, therefore, hypertensive patients should always keep their mood stable, optimistic and open-minded, do not Therefore, patients with hypertension should always maintain emotional stability, be optimistic and open-minded, not suffer from loss and gain, control mood swings, and reduce delusions and excitement, which is an important factor in ensuring stable blood pressure.

Appropriate exercise for weight loss

Frequent exercise and physical activity can improve the performance of the cardiovascular system, normalize the vascular contraction and relaxation movement, and reduce blood glucose and lipid concentration, relieve and prevent hypertension. And weight loss is also one of the good ways to lower blood pressure, it can not only reduce blood pressure, but also effectively prevent atherosclerosis. The method of weight loss, should take appropriate diet, increase the amount of activity of the comprehensive measures, can not indiscriminate use of laxatives to lose weight.

Living and living regularly

According to the requirements of the human body's biological clock rhythm, it is necessary to develop a good habit of sleeping on time, getting up on time, and eating on time. For hypertensive patients, regularity of life is the guarantee of stabilizing blood pressure and restoring health. Therefore, hypertensive patients should ensure sufficient sleep time, and avoid excessive thinking activities or watching movies and TV one hour before bedtime.

Diet low in fat and cholesterol

Limit the intake of animal fats, such as lard, butter, and foods high in cholesterol, such as egg yolks and fish roe, and consume more vegetable oils, such as soybean oil and canola oil, which contain unsaturated fatty acids that promote the excretion of cholesterol and reduce the amount of cholesterol in the blood. Eat more iodine-containing foods, such as seaweed, nori and other seafood, because iodine can reduce the deposition of cholesterol in the arterial wall, preventing the occurrence of atherosclerosis.

Eat more vegetables and fruits

Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits with high vitamin C content. Vitamin C is involved in the generation of intercellular matrix and redox reactions in the body, involved in metabolic reactions, and has the effect of strengthening the excretion of cholesterol, so that the blood lipid level is reduced.

Eat less stimulating food

such as chili peppers, strong tea, coffee, do not smoke, less alcohol, etc., and eat more light protein-rich foods, such as soy products, pig's blood and other animal blood products.

Limit salt intake

An increase in the amount of salt is bound to cause sodium and water retention, increasing blood volume, causing an increase in cardiac output and resulting in increased blood pressure, aggravating the burden on the heart, so it is necessary to limit the amount of salt intake should be limited to less than 5 grams per day.

Become a habit of regular daily bowel movements

Eat more fiber-containing foods, such as beans and celery, to inhibit the absorption of cholesterol.

The best way to lower blood pressure

High blood pressure is not only found in middle-aged and old people, but also in young people. The fact is that the disease of hypertension, although there are no obvious symptoms in life, but once the disease is onset, the patient's health is seriously threatened.

The ultimate goal of antihypertensive treatment is to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and mortality in hypertensive patients. At present, the best way to reduce hypertension is to take blood pressure-lowering drugs regularly under the guidance of a doctor for treatment. Hypertensive patients should get out of the reluctance to take medication, not regular medication, not difficult not to take medication of the misunderstanding, active drug treatment.

Patients have to take long-term medication to control, but the drug will hurt, so also pay attention to reduce the drug damage and dependence on drugs, take medication with a nutritious diet and good habits, to promote the body's blood circulation, remove blood waste at the same time, to achieve the effect of health care and well-being.

Pharmacological treatment to lower blood pressure

From the theoretical point of view of Chinese medicine, the mechanism of hypertension can be interpreted as: vegetative yang sheng, liver yang hyperactivity; or because of the long-term emotional and emotional disharmony, depression, anger, liver loss of detachment, gas depression and fire, so that the liver yin dark depletion, the wind and Yang rising, up disturbing the clear air, hair for dizziness, headache. Therefore, early hypertension treatment can be used to calm the liver and quench the wind method. Chinese medicine can be used gentian herb, hook vine, wild chrysanthemum, Xiaku Cao, dilong, banana peel, etc., can effectively help reduce blood pressure.

Relative to traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine treatment is convenient and faster, the current commonly used antihypertensive drugs can be summarized into six categories, namely diuretics, β-blockers, calcium channel blockers (CCB), angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), angiotensin Ⅱ receptor blockers (ARB), and а1-receptor blockers. It is not that high-priced drugs are good drugs, the key is to look at the efficacy, hypertension is a chronic disease, oral drug control is the best, there is no need for frequent infusion to control, which is not good. Of course, those who have sudden onset hypertension, or chronic hypertension acute attack, infusion treatment is still necessary.

Dietary therapy to lower blood pressure

"Drugs are poisonous", although the drug treatment method to reduce high blood pressure has a significant therapeutic effect, but the long-term use of drugs will also cause dependence on it, is the second harm to human health. In addition to medication, daily dietary care is also an important way to reduce high blood pressure. Some foods can effectively stabilize high blood pressure and allow patients to lead a healthy life. For example, vegetables such as celery, coriander, amaranth, shantung, leek, cauliflower, water chestnut and spinach; fruits such as apple, watermelon, fresh plum and lemon; and some mushrooms such as ganoderma lucidum, black fungus, white fungus and shiitake mushrooms are essential to the table of hypertensive patients. Patients are also advised to eat more food containing high quality protein and vitamins. Such as fish, milk, lean meat, eggs, beans and soy products. It is advisable to eat a diet rich in potassium foods.

The following for you to introduce a few low-cost, easy to make high blood pressure food therapy (the following information is for reference only, the details need to consult a doctor):

(1) celery porridge: celery with 120 grams of roots, 250 grams of round-grained rice. Wash the celery, cut into six long sections, polished round-grained rice. Celery, round-grained rice into the pot, add the right amount of water, with a military fire after the boil to the fire stew until the rice is rotten into porridge, and then add a little salt and monosodium glutamate, stir into.

(2) chrysanthemum porridge: 15 grams of chrysanthemum, 100 grams of round-grained rice. Chrysanthemum remove the tip, steamed on the cage, take out of the sun or dry, and then ground into a fine powder, standby. Polished round-grained rice into the pot, add the right amount of water, with a military fire after boiling, turn the fire to cook until half mature, then add chrysanthemum fine powder, continue to use the fire to cook until the rice is rotten into porridge. Twice a day, dinner consumption.

(3) mung bean kelp porridge: mung bean, kelp 100 grams each, rice. The kelp chopped with the other 2 flavors cooked into porridge. It can be consumed as dinner for a long time.

Exercise to lower blood pressure

In foreign countries, exercise to lower blood pressure is a very popular method. Exercise can enhance immunity, resistance to various diseases, but also one of the effective means of preventing high blood pressure.... Exercise can exercise the muscles of the whole body, prompting the thickening of muscle fibers, the caliber of blood vessels increases, the wall elasticity is enhanced, the heart, the brain and other organs of the collateral circulation is open, the blood flow increases, is conducive to the decline in blood pressure. Mental tension or emotional excitement is a major cause of hypertension, exercise can stabilize mood, soothing mood, so that tension, anxiety and excitement can be relieved, conducive to blood pressure stabilization. Not all sports have the effect of lowering blood pressure, only walking, jogging, cycling, swimming, slow-paced ballroom dancing and gymnastics and other aerobic exercise to take on this important task.

Jogging is greater than walking and is suitable for patients with mild symptoms. Long-term adherence to make the blood pressure fell steadily, the pulse rate is steady, digestive function is enhanced, the symptoms are reduced. Jogging speed should be slow, time from less to more, each time to 15 to 30 minutes is appropriate.

Cycling is a kind of endurance exercise that can improve cardiopulmonary function, not only can exercise muscle joints, lose weight, and even out the body, but also strengthen the heart, prevent high blood pressure, and at the same time play a role in preventing brain aging and improving the agility of the nervous system. Each 30 to 60 minutes is appropriate, moderate speed.

Taijiquan long-term practice of taijiquan in the elderly, the average value of their blood pressure is significantly lower than that of the elderly of the same age who do not play taijiquan.

It is not advisable to do anaerobic exercise such as power exercise and fast running, and activities such as low bending of the head with too violent movement, too large change of body position and holding breath with force will lead to a rapid and large increase in blood pressure, which is easy to cause accidents and can not be done. In addition, winter swimming, twisting and so on should be avoided as much as possible. Patients should be under the guidance of the doctor to carry out the appropriate amount of exercise, do not follow the example of others, after all, people have individual differences, the most suitable is the best. Exercise to lower blood pressure is not immediately effective, as long as patients with hypertension adhere to exercise, will eventually see a satisfactory treatment effect. Even if you don't have high blood pressure, long-term exercise is good for your body