Hypertension is a disease that plagues many middle-aged and elderly people. Most elderly people like to eat fruits and vegetables to keep healthy, so they want to help reduce blood pressure through fruits and vegetables. So what are the fruits and vegetables that are good for hypertension?

Vegetables suitable for patients with hypertension should not only be high in potassium, calcium and sodium, but also be rich in vitamins and trace elements to protect blood vessels and lower blood pressure. Most of the vegetables with antihypertensive effect are daily vegetables. As long as they are eaten all the year round, they will have a certain antihypertensive effect.

1, tomato. It contains protein, fat, vitamins and trace elements, and is a common food for treating hypertension, dizziness and hyperlipidemia.

2. Radish. It contains a variety of vitamins, sugars and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, and has the effects of clearing away heat and diuresis, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is a good product for treating hypertension.

3, leeks. Leek is rich in protein, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and vitamin C, and it has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating qi, reducing adverse flow, warming kidney, strengthening yang, detoxicating, stopping bleeding, etc., and also has certain effects on lowering blood pressure.

Among them, the fruits can be referred to as follows:

1, Apple. Apple is rich in potassium salt, which can combine with sodium salt in the body and make it excluded from the body. In addition, apples can also prevent the increase of cholesterol in blood and reduce the sugar content in blood.

2. Kiwifruit. Kiwifruit is sour, sweet, cold and nontoxic. The whole fruit or juice can clear away heat and promote diuresis, dissipate blood stasis and promote blood circulation, resist inflammation and reduce swelling, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and is suitable for hypertension, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis.

3. Watermelon. Watermelon juice is rich in VA, B, C, protein, glucose, fructose, sucrase, glutamic acid, citrulline, arginine, malic acid, tomato pigment, phosphoric acid, calcium, iron, crude fiber, etc. It has a good effect on hypertension.

Finally, I would like to remind you that hypertension is a common chronic disease at present, not only for the elderly, but also for many young people, so everyone needs to maintain healthy eating habits.