Dietary guidelines for hypertensive patients

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Hypertension patients have a lot of dietary taboos, some of which are very common food for us, but for patients with hypertension, it's better not to eat these foods, because these foods will make our blood pressure rise. Let's take a look at the foods below?

Dietary guidelines for hypertensive patients

Limit salt intake. It should be gradually reduced to less than 6G per day, that is, after removing the rubber pad from the cover of ordinary beer, the amount of salt in a flat cover is about 6G. This refers to the amount of salt, including cooking salt and other foods containing sodium converted into salt. * proper reduction of sodium intake helps reduce blood pressure and reduce sodium retention in the body.

Moderate intake of protein. The appropriate amount of protein per kilogram of body weight is 1g per day for patients with hypertension. Eat fish protein 2-3 times a week, can improve vascular elasticity and permeability, increase urinary sodium excretion, thereby reducing blood pressure. If hypertension complicated with renal insufficiency, the intake of protein should be limited.

Eat more potassium, calcium rich and low sodium food. Such as potatoes, eggplant, kelp, lettuce. High calcium food: milk, yogurt, shrimp. Eat less meat soup, because the increase of nitrogen extract in meat soup can promote the increase of uric acid in the body, and increase the burden of heart, liver and kidney.

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Limit fat intake. When cooking, choose vegetable oil, can eat more sea fish, sea fish contains unsaturated fatty acids, can make cholesterol oxidation, thereby reducing plasma cholesterol, but also can prolong platelet aggregation, inhibit thrombosis, prevent stroke, also contains more linoleic acid, to increase the elasticity of microvascular, prevent vascular rupture, prevent hypertension complications have a certain role.