If you have high blood pressure (defined as a reading of 140/90 and above), you do want powerful medicine to control it. This doesn’t have to mean drugs. As study after study has shown-diet is powerful medicine. It can’t always replace pills and other medical means when blood pressure is elevated, but it often does. And it can frequently either boost the effect of medication or allow for a lower dose. More good news: Those who are most helped by good eating are the ones who most need help. The higher your blood pressure, the more it is likely to fall if you use your head when you fill your belly.
Diet therapy to reduce high blood pressure calls for the following:

•     An eating plan geared to weight control. For those people who are overweight, a low-fat (made up of less than 20 percent of calories diet, high in unrefined complex carbohydrates is ideal.
• Limiting sodium intake to 2,400 milligrams a day (the amount in a level teaspoon of table salt). Discuss with your physician whether it would be wise to limit your sodium intake even more.
• Including in your diet a variety of fruits and vegetables that together provide at least 3,500 milligrams of potassium a day.
• Getting your Daily Value (DV) for magnesium and calcium.

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