When people are over forty, concern about blood pressure slowly becomes a topic, especially in a country with high blood pressure such as ours.

Although high blood pressure may not be noticeable at first, its consequences can be quite troublesome.

If left unchecked, over time, vascular endothelial damage, arteriosclerosis, and kidney damage will all ensue.

Research shows that high blood pressure is the most important risk factor for stroke.

Therefore, the most important thing to prevent high blood pressure is to reduce salt and eat light and low-salt foods.

But many people will say that without enough salt, food always looks bland. What should we do?

In fact, natural food has its own good taste. Even if no salt is added, as long as you chew it slowly, it will taste delicious. As long as you adhere to a low-salt diet for three months, the sensitivity of your taste buds will increase, and you can slowly appreciate it.

The realm of "light and long-lasting flavor".

Recommended recipe: Steamed Farmhouse Ingredients: 200 grams each of lotus root and sweet corn on the cob, 1 purple sweet potato.

Method: 1. Wash the lotus root, peel it and cut into thick slices.

2. Wash the purple sweet potatoes and cut them into pieces; wash the sweet corn cobs and cut them into sections.

3. Place the lotus root slices, purple potato segments, and sweet corn segments together on the steamer and steam for about 25 minutes, take them out, stack them on a plate, and serve.

Effect: Lotus root is rich in polyphenols and antioxidants. During the cooking process, it can produce a beautiful red color due to oxidation.

Purple sweet potatoes are rich in anthocyanins, high in potassium, and also rich in dietary fiber.

Sweet corn is low in starch, but high in potassium and fiber, and contains small amounts of carotenoids.

Hypertensive patients who use lotus roots, potatoes and whole grains as their staple food can get several times to more than ten times more potassium and dietary fiber than white rice, but the sodium content is very low. At the same time, they consume a large amount of antioxidants, which is good for controlling blood pressure and

Extremely helpful in preventing strokes.