One in three adults has high blood pressure. It is often called a “Silent Killer’ as there are no symptoms.Some people may not find out until
Some people may not find out until they have trouble with their hearts, brains and their kidneys.
Get your blood pressure back to normal by following some natural remedies and changing your lifestyle routine.
- Restrict pickles, pappads, tomato ketchup, namkeen, potato chips, wafers, chutneys, brine water and chili sauce to a minimum as they have lots of hidden salt in them.
- Choose fresh or frozen unprocessed food preparations over those that are canned, cured, smoked or processed. Limit intake of fast foods. The latter contain too much of salt for preservation and flavors.
- Prefer bakery products using yeasts over those prepared with baking soda as baking soda is a sodium salt.
- When eating out, ask for a salt free meal.
- Include high potassium foods like kathal, brinjal, karela, lauki, french beans, amla, tomato, plums, cherries, phalsa, apricots and peaches to control your blood pressure.
- Choose fresh or frozen unprocessed food preparations over those that are canned, cured, smoked or processed. Limit intake of fast foods. The latter contain too much of salt for preservation and flavors.Instead of adding too much salt for taste, you can flavor your meals with lemon, orange rind, coriander and amla.
- Garlic contains allicin, a substance which has antibacterial, antioxidant, lipid-lowering and anti-hypertension properties.
- Ready to eat meals and pre prepared meals though convenient to use, contain sodium bicarbonate, thus increasing the sodium content of the meal. So, these foods should not be eaten on regular basis.
