What fruit can you eat to lower blood pressure?
Friends suffering from hypertension, it is recommended to choose the following fruits: Apple: (Sweet in taste, cool in nature. Has the effects of promoting fluid production, moistening lung, invigorating spleen, regulating stomach, relieving vexation and sobering up. Modern medical research shows that the occurrence of hypertension is often related to the accumulation of sodium salt in human body. Excessive sodium intake is one of the causes of stroke and hypertension. Apple contains a certain amount of potassium salt, which can replace the sodium salt in human blood and help to lower blood pressure. Apples contain more malic acid, which can decompose the accumulated fat in the body and play a role in losing weight. Malic acid can lower cholesterol. It is suggested that ginger tea, a traditional Chinese medicine prescription with the same origin of medicine and food, can play a good role in conditioning and anti-arteriosclerosis. Apples contain pectin, which is a soluble fiber and also helps to lower cholesterol. Banana: (sweet taste, cold nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat, moistening intestines and detoxifying. Bananas are rich in nutrients, including carbohydrates, protein, crude fiber and mineral elements such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, zinc, copper and iron. And the fat content is very low, so it is a kind of food with high nutritional value. Medical experts and scholars all agree that bananas are high-quality fruits for preventing and treating hypertension. Potassium ions contained in bananas can resist the effects of high blood pressure and blood vessel damage caused by excessive sodium salt; At the same time, the ratio of potassium to sodium can be improved and adjusted, that is, proper intake of high-potassium food can effectively reduce the absorption of sodium salt by the body and also have a good protective effect on myocardial cells. Medical experts point out that potassium deficiency is often accompanied by dizziness, weakness and arrhythmia, and bananas are rich in this important nutrient. For patients with hypertension complicated with atherosclerosis (including cerebral arteriosclerosis and fundus arteriosclerosis) and coronary heart disease, bananas or banana tea and banana powder are often eaten, and the effect is very good. Especially for hypertensive patients with dry stools, eating bananas is particularly effective. Watermelon: (sweet in taste, cold in nature, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, quenching thirst and facilitating urination) Watermelon can prevent and treat hypertension. Watermelon contains almost no fat. Watermelon juice contains almost all kinds of nutrients needed by human body, such as citrulline, arginine, malic acid, ethylene glycol betaine, adenine, protease, sugar conjugate, carotene, vitamin C and various minerals. Therefore, patients with hypertension and people with elevated blood pressure should eat watermelon in moderation in spring, summer, autumn and winter, which is of great help to the treatment of hypertension. Watermelon peel (commonly known as watermelon Cui Yi), like watermelon kernel and watermelon, has a good effect on preventing and treating hypertension.