When it comes to certain diseases, medication is not always the only answer to its cure. There are foods that can offer a natural solution to time bomb diseases such as High Blood Pressure (HPB) – a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.
According to a new research, eating potassium-rich foods belonging to the fruits and vegetable categories helps to decrease salt intake, hence lowering the blood pressure.
FOODS THAT LOWER HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
SWEET POTATOES
AVOCADOS
This fruit actually has a higher potassium (14%) content than the banana (10%). Loaded with healthy monounsaturated fatty acid and fibre, avocado can help lower blood pressure
SPINACH
Besides reducing blood pressure, spinach also reduces oxidative stress and help prevent cancer among others.
BEANS
This includes all types of beans.
BANANA
As many people as possible love eating this potassium-packed fruit. Not only does it give one a feeling of fullness which aids weight loss, it helps to keep your blood pressure in See
The team of researchers believes that potassium’s effect on blood pressure may be due to our body constantly trying to keep an equilibrium between salt and potassium.
According to the study author Alicia McDonough, “When dietary potassium is high, kidneys excrete more salt and water, which increases potassium excretion.
