Posted on Saturday, 16th May 2009 by admin
If you are hypertensive, there are some foods that you must avoid. You must eat healthy in order to stay healthy. This doesn’t apply to just hypertensive people, it applies to everyone. If you do suffer from high blood pressure, you must take extra precaution with the foods that you eat. You should take note of what you shouldn’t eat so your don’t raise your blood pressure.
The first thing yo must do and have heard dozens of times over is reduce your intake of sodium, otherwise known as salt. Sodium raises your blood pressure drastically. the bad thing is, if you are hypertensive, you are mire likely to increase the use of salt as you tend to lose the taste of it. So you end up adding more to be able to taste it as you did before you suffered from high blood pressure.
African Americans, diabetic and the elderly are known to be salt sensitive. What this means is that their body reacts to salt rapidly opposed to other types of people. Health experts state that you should not consume more than 2,400 milligrams (1 teaspoon) of salt each day. Therefore you should familiarize with the ingredients of the foods you eat and avoid the ones that have a high salt content.
To get a guide that lists several foods that have high salt content visit http://www.lowerhbp.com/recommends/bptruth/
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