Hypertension has obvious family aggregation, and it is certain that hypertension has genetic factors, but once you get hypertension, you must take medicine, and diet and exercise are only auxiliary. However, the influence of diet on hypertension can not be ignored. Pay attention to the problem of diet in daily life, do more exercise and cooperate with treatment.

Excessive salt intake in the diet can cause high blood pressure. Light diet is the key to prevent hypertension in the elderly. Old people should eat fruits and vegetables properly and try to eat less foods that are too greasy, high in fat and high in salt. But can patients eat safflower seed oil?

Nutritional components and efficacy of safflower seeds

Safflower is one of the precious medicinal materials in China, which has the effects of promoting blood circulation, dredging menstruation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. In recent years, it has been widely used in various cardiovascular diseases. Prevention and treatment of liver pain, gynecological diseases and senile diseases. The oil extracted from safflower seeds is a kind of high-quality edible oil, and its linoleic acid content is the highest among all known vegetable oils, reaching more than 80%, which is recognized as the "king of linoleic acid" by the nutrition community. Linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid for human body. Adults need to take 6 grams a day to maintain normal physiological functions. Linoleic acid has high nutritional and health value. It combines with cholesterol in blood to form low-melting ester, which is easy to emulsify, transport and metabolize, and is not easy to deposit on the arterial wall, thus playing a role in preventing arteriosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipidemia. In addition, linoleic acid is needed for the growth of new tissues and the repair of injured tissues.

Safflower seed oil contains GLA, which has anti-arteriosclerosis effect, and arteriosclerosis is the cause of hypertension. The content of linoleic acid in safflower seed oil is high, which has a good health care effect on the "three highs" population.

The above introduction of safflower seed oil has been very detailed, and everyone knows the composition and nutritional value of safflower seed oil. Safflower seed oil has high nutritional value, is suitable for all people to eat, and is also beneficial to the treatment of hypertension. Everyone should keep taking it.