Diet is very famous word associate with obesity or weight loss program. What is actually diet mean. Diet is the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group (Wikipedia). For you, diet is made up of what your eat. There are many different types of diets. Depend of what the purpose diet is. Some of these diets are high cholesterol diet, diet for heart disease, diabetic diet, cancer diet, healthy diet, gout diet, hypertension diet, weight loss diet.
Diet for Hypertension
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Hypertension is very common disease in the community. Hypertension cannot be cured, but with healthy lifestyle, diet and prescriptive medication it can be controlled. The latest research shown that food dietary (special diet for hypertension) changes and healthy lifestyle has big impact to control and prevent people to have hypertension or high blood pressure.Based on the studies, people in country with more salt consumption in their daily cooking tend to have higher blood pressure compare with people in countries that consume less salt in their daily diet. From that fact above, we know that salt has a big role for people to develop the hypertension.
While hypertension medications are available, modest lifestyle and healthy dietary with eating diet for hypertension food are still the best way to control and prevent hypertension. Latest research revealed two eating plans to control and prevent hypertension. Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension - Sodium.
The American Heart Association and the National Cancer Institute recommended the DASH is an overall eating plan that focuses on what people should eat, rather than what not to eat. Daily diet for hypertension which is rich in vegetables, fruits, and all low-fat dairy products and low in saturated fat, total fat and cholesterol. This diet for hypertension contain higher potassium, magnesium and calcium compare with typical American diet.
In the DASH-sodium diet, reducing dietary sodium intake is the main focus. Clinical study shows that reducing dietary sodium lowered blood pressure. The biggest blood pressure-lowering benefits were for those who eating salt in daily diet at the lowest sodium level (1,500 mg per day).
Facts :
- Excessive sodium intake is major factor for hypertension or high blood pressure in some people.The suggested sodium intake for daily diet range from 1,100 to 3,300 mg per day
- Table salt contains 40% sodium. One teaspoon salt has about 2,000 mg sodium
- Low calcium diet may increase risk of hypertension.
- Some vegetables are "best friend" for hypertension patient : garlic, onion, celery, tomato, carrot, broccoli, saffron, fennel, oregano, black pepper, basil and tarragon.
It is very advisable for people to do their "DASH" diet as early as possible to prevent hypertension, with more active life as well. Very simple things you can do if you want to do diet for hypertension:
- Eating more fruits, vegetable and low-fat diary foods
- Eating more whole grain products, fish, poultry and nuts
- Eating less red meat and sweets
- Cutting back on foods that are high in saturated fat, cholesterol and total fat
- Eating foods that are rich in magnesium, potassium and calcium
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