High blood pressure is a very common disease. Hypertension, together with high blood sugar and high blood fat, is known as the "three highs", and is a disease that many obese people will get. Patients with hypertension need special care in their diet, so which fruits should be eaten less?
First of all, there are five early symptoms of high blood pressure, do not ignore
Headache:Mostly located in the back of the head, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. If you often feel headache and severe nausea at the same time, it may be a sign of transformation into malignant hypertension.
Vertigo:It occurs more frequently in female patients, and may flare up with sudden crouching or standing up.
Tinnitus:The tinnitus in both ears lasts for a long time.
Palpitations and shortness of breath:Hypertension can lead to myocardial hypertrophy, heart enlargement, myocardial infarction, and cardiac insufficiency, all of which lead to palpitations and shortness of breath.
Insomnia:Difficulty in falling asleep, waking up early, disturbed sleep, nightmares and easy to wake up. This is associated with cortical dysfunction and autonomic dysfunction.
The three fruits that hypertension is most afraid of
1. Citrus sinensis
Raw food has the effect of benefiting the qi and strengthening the body, aiding digestion, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and lowering blood pressure, and it is effective in the prevention and treatment of suppurative pharyngitis, tonsillitis, diabetes, and viral colds. Citrus is rich in carotene, so eating too much will cause carotene disease (commonly known as orange disease), accompanied by vomiting, loss of appetite, fatigue and other symptoms. At the same time, eating more citrus can cause fire, leading to bodily dysfunction, mouth ulcers, lingual inflammation, pharyngitis and other diseases. Therefore, it is recommended that people with high blood pressure should be careful with their diet.
2. Pomegranate
Raw pomegranate can quench thirst, stop diarrhea, stop bleeding. It is a good dietary treatment for people with insufficient fluid, dry throat and mouth, and irritable thirst. Pomegranate is also good for coughing, drunkenness, arteriosclerosis, liver disease. But eating more pomegranate will hurt your teeth. Patients with high blood pressure should be careful with their diet.
3. Grapes
Raw food can replenish the blood, strong bones, dredge the meridians, facilitate urination, long-term consumption can strengthen the body, prolong life. Beneficial to the treatment of high blood pressure, make people energetic, have the role of inhibiting germs. Because grapes contain more citric acid, malic acid and so on. , eating too much at one time will hurt the spleen and produce internal heat. Spleen and stomach cold, diabetic patients should eat less or not eat. However, it contains high sugar content, high blood pressure patients should be cautious to eat.
There are three kinds of food that can be eaten sparingly for high blood pressure
1. Thick biscuits
For foods such as sweet potatoes, dried beans and so on, it's better for people with high blood pressure to eat less. In addition, cookies with a strong flavor should be eaten less because of the high content of sugar and salt.
2, high-calorie food
High-calorie food (glucose, sucrose, chocolate, etc.). Can induce obesity, obese people have a higher incidence of hypertension than normal weight people. Hypertensive patients tend to be overweight or obese. Therefore, patients suffering from this disease should limit their diet to high-calorie foods.
3. Meat
Patients with hypertension need to pay attention to their diet. Meat food is high in fat, although the protein content is high, but the saturated fatty acid content is very high, easy to cause high blood fat, induced coronary heart disease.
Finally, how to regulate blood pressure in life?
1. Reduce salt intake
Diet needs to reduce salt intake and increase the intake of potassium and folic acid. Clinical studies have shown that sodium intake is positively associated with hypertension, while potassium is the opposite. Folic acid deficiency may lead to elevated plasma homocysteine levels, which are closely related to hypertension, especially hypertensive stroke
2. Drink green tea often
The Tang Dynasty's "Notes on the Materia Medica" has a phrase "a hundred medicines are the medicine for a hundred illnesses, and tea is the medicine for a hundred illnesses". Tea not only has a certain health care and prevention of oral diseases, but also on cardiovascular disease has a complementary therapeutic effect.
For the regulation of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease tea, the most common is purple hairy green tea. Ziyang Haoping is one of the natural tea mountains in the Selenium Valley ecological zone, the soil is rich in selenium, and every 100 grams of Ziyang Maojian tea contains 15 μg of selenium.
Selenium is a strong antioxidant, which can remove harmful free radicals from the body in a timely manner, preventing aging of the human body's blood vessels, and preventing the formation of thrombosis and other cardiovascular diseases.
3. Reduce mental stress
Mental stress occupations are more prone to high blood pressure. Staying up late, work stress, and insomnia can all lead to high blood pressure.
4. Increase exercise and control body weight
Men's waist circumference should be less than 90 cm, women's waist circumference should be less than 85 cm, and the body mass index should be less than 24 (the formula for calculating the index is: body weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters). Control the intake of high-calorie foods, perform regular aerobic exercise, and avoid sedentary lifestyle.
It is recommended to do at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise at least five times a week, of moderate intensity (e.g., walking, horseback riding, swimming, square dancing, etc.). . Pay attention to the heart rate level when exercising and do not exceed the level of (220 - age) x 70%. The ability to exercise in patients at high risk for hypertension needs to be evaluated by a physician.