There are certain foods you can actually eat to help you manage blood pressure.
What really defines high blood pressure? So imagine this our blood carries oxygen and nutrients throughout our body using a network of these tiny little vessels they're like small tubes now as the blood travels it exerts pressure on the vessel walls, that's known as blood pressure if the pressure gets intense, it's high blood pressure.
Some of the foods that actually help you manage your blood pressure include;
1.Cocoa powder.
The first one people are going to like the sound of cocoa powder so everybody seems to know
the virtues of dark chocolate but the real hero is the cocoa powder that's within the dark chocolate because that's where all the flavanols are housed and that's what helps to keep our blood vessels healthy and elastic, so what I'm telling people is to pick up some cocoa
powder you could put it in smoothies,
you could put it in oatmeal you can also put a little bit of your morning coffee delicious healthy for your blood vessel.
2.Spinach.
Spinach, another key food it's a triple threat it has potassium,
magnesium and folate and what potassium does it sort of the anti-sodium,
sodium draws in water potassium flushes it out and flushes the sodium out,
so instead of lettuce on a sandwich, put spinach leaves and also when you have a simmering pot of soup on the stove or marinara sauce,
dump those spinach leaves in and stir it around and it's extra yummy.
3.Garlic.
Another one is garlic, it could be powder, it could be mince garlic or roasted garlic.
It has two active ingredients one is called allicin, which keeps the lining of the cells healthy,
the other has an active ingredient that acts like an ACE inhibitor,
a prescription medication but there's no side effects. Matt roasting garlic is one of the most delicious things ever and it's super easy to prepare.
4.Beans.
Beans are good for your heart too, so all beans are great for your heart because they have protein and they have fiber
and they have potassium and magnesium but the major type is white beans ,
because they have the added benefit of calcium and calcium helps our blood vessels to contract and dilate.
So what you can do is make a soup and instead of using cream to thicken it up you put in a can of white beans,
Pumpkin.
Why pumpkin? Pumpkin is loaded with potassium and remember that potassium flushes out that sodium and fluid and
you can take canned pumpkin pure, it's available year-round and you can make a nice pumpkin pudding.
Remember to share and comment which food do you think I left out as a major food to manage blood pressure.
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