Taking care of your health means, at a minimum, monitoring your blood pressure, taking medication to lower it, and watching your diet.
It is the diet that will help you avoid the unpleasant symptoms associated with high blood pressure. The fact is that some vegetables help influence this indicator.
Researchers from Edith Cowan University have shown in a study involving 18 volunteers that high blood pressure can be controlled with the help of vegetables.
The results of the work were published in the BMC Medicine publication.
Research by scientists
The age of the experiment participants was 68 years. All of these volunteers suffered from high blood pressure.
Scientists have suggested a special vegetable diet for them.
Some were fed pumpkin, nightshade and other vegetables, while others were fed cruciferous vegetables.
Changes in well-being were documented.
What we managed to find out
It turned out that eating zucchini, tomatoes, potatoes, and other vegetables could not affect health through diet.
Only the group of people who consumed cruciferous vegetables were able to experience any significant improvements.
Scientists recommend that hypertensive patients pay attention to popular types of cabbage, including white cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, etc.
No less useful are turnips, radishes, horseradish, as well as arugula, spinach and watercress.
Important! The diet requires approval from your doctor.
For reference
Blood pressure is the pressure that blood exerts on the walls of blood vessels, in other words, the excess of pressure in the circulatory system over atmospheric pressure. One of the indicators of vital functions and biomarkers.
