Foods Or Drinks to Reduce Blood Pressure

Foods Or Drinks to Reduce Blood Pressure

In case you didn’t know, hypertension or high blood pressure is a risk factor for health-threatening health issues, including heart attacks and heart disease. Luckily, watching what you eat and drink can help you maintain healthy blood pressure levels. So, what are these foods and drinks that can reduce blood pressure?

Water

As a holistic nutritionist, I always advise my clients to take 8 glasses of water daily and for a good reason. You see, water helps detoxifies the blood (removingtoxins and wastes), including excess sodium that heightens the risk of high blood pressure.

Fatty Fish

Fatty fish (think: salmon, tuna, trout, sardines, herring, and mackerel) are a good source of omega-3 fatty acids. You may not know this, but omega-3 fatty acids are a type of good fat that combat systematic inflammation and reduces oxylipins (blood-vessels constricting products) levels, helping you achieve healthy blood pressure levels.

Cranberry Juice

Cranberry juice is loaded with Vitamin C (an antioxidant). I bet you know the role of this nutrient in our body. If you are not attached to the nutrition world, antioxidants help combat inflammation, promote blood flow and relax blood vessels. All these have a positive effect on your blood pressure levels.

Grain Legumes (beans and Lentils)

One undisputed fact is that beans and lentils are a good source of dietary fiber, magnesium, and potassium.Clearly, they are not a let-down if high blood pressure is your concern.

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Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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