It is estimated that there are almost 73 million adults in the US alone today suffering from high blood pressure and that more than 50,000 individuals will die as a result of this problem during the next year. Unhappily, many of these deaths are unnecessary and one of the quickest and simplest ways to reduce your blood pressure is to alter your eating habits.
We have seen dramatic changes in our lifestyles in the past few years and one especially significant change for a lot of us is seen in our diet. The times of enjoying three home-cooked meals every day have gone and have been largely replaced with convenience foods and fast food which has resulted in a variety of different problems including the increasing problems of both obesity and high blood pressure. Happily, this is one state of affairs which it is very simple to reverse.
There are two major problems with most fast and convenience foods and they are fat and salt, both of which raise your blood pressure.
Salt is added to an enormous range of food during the manufacturing and packaging process to both add flavor and to act as a preservative and your daily consumption of salt can be extremely high without even adding salt to your food at the table. Canned foods in particular often contain very high levels of salt as do frozen dinners and pizza, so look closely at the labeling and determine exactly how much salt (sodium) products have in them before you pick them. Your total daily intake of salt should be as low as you can get it but should not exceed 2,400 milligrams which is about a teaspoonful.
Another adversary when it comes to high blood pressure is fat and, while some fat in the diet is good for you, you should stay away from high fat food wherever possible. In addition to fats and oils themselves (like butter, lard, vegetable oil, margarine and meat dripping) a lot of our favorite foods are very high in fat. Keep an eye out for foods like cream, french fries, pies, whole milk, cheddar, corned beef, regular ground beef, ice cream, cream cheese, nuts, cakes, fried chicken, sausages, pastries, bacon, cookies, salami and almost all fast foods.
At this stage you might be thinking that this list of food items covers almost everything you eat and that if you cut all this out of your diet you are going to starve to death. Well, the good news is that this is far from the case and that the range of foods open to you is enormous. There are two ways to deal with this problem.
The first is to just replace items in your current diet with food items which are lower in salt or fat. For instance, replace ordinary full-fat milk with semi-skimmed or half-fat milk and regular ground beef with lean ground beef.
The second is to introduce new foods into your diet and to replace some of your present high fat favorites. For instance, add more fresh fruit and vegetables into your meal planning and replace french fries with boiled or baked potatoes and rather than frying your food {try grilling|grill it. Not only is grilled meat and fish much better for you but it also tastes delicious.
High blood pressure does not need to be a problem for the majority of people and some simply changes to what we eat can solve the problem very quickly and very easily.
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