The Best Way To Prevent High Blood Pressure Is A Healthy Diet

Online, February 28, 2011 (Newswire.com) - High Blood Pressure Insider, a website uniquely dedicated to promoting healthy eating to manage blood pressure levels, believes that the best way to prevent high blood pressure is a healthy diet. Your diet, exercise levels and weight have a real effect on your blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, you can start lowering blood pressure today by eating more healthily and being more active.

A low-fat, high-fibre diet is recommended, including plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables (five portions a day) and whole grains. Limit the amount of salt that you eat to no more than 6g (0.2oz) a day. Too much salt will increase your blood pressure (6g of salt is about one teaspoonful).

Avoid foods that are high in saturated fat as this will increase your cholesterol level, which is another risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, eating some foods that are high in unsaturated fat can actually decrease your cholesterol level.

What you choose to eat affects your chances of developing high blood pressure.

New research suggests that consuming soda and other sugary soft drinks can cause a significant increase in blood pressure. The findings of the new study showed a direct correlation between the number of sugary beverages consumed and the elevation in blood pressure. A full report on the study was recently published in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association

Recent studies also show that blood pressure can be lowered by following a healthy diet, which includes foods lower in salt.

Many of us are aware that reducing our sodium intake is one way to manage high blood pressure. Another dietary measure to lower blood pressure is to consume a diet rich in potassium. It was not until 2005 when the updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans drew much attention to potassium having beneficial effects on high blood pressure.

One of the key recommendations from the guidelines is to consume potassium-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables. A potassium-rich diet also blunts the effects of salt on blood pressure, and may reduce the risk of developing kidney stones.

A study published by the Archives of Internal Medicine reinforced the message that people with a low sodium-to-potassium ratio (low sodium, high potassium) are less likely to experience heart diseases.

High Blood Pressure Insider is a website uniquely dedicated to promoting a more natural approach to controlling blood pressure. Having been diagnosed with high blood pressure you'd be forgiven for believing that your only option is a lifetime of taking the medication prescribed by your doctor. High Blood Pressure Insider was created to educate people to manage their high blood pressure and enjoy the many benefits of a healthy heart.

Go to High Blood Pressure Insider to discover the benefits a high blood pressure diet can bring.

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