The Christmas menu for hypertension must be tasty without salt. How is this done? Using herbs, spices, salt without sodium, appropriate condiments and ingenuity.
But it must also be low in saturated fat, moderate or no alcohol and lots just for not overeating.
If you want to keep your health and your family take note of the food choices that fit today I have selected, so you can build the menu over Christmas and enjoy.
A small amount of dark chocolate every day helped reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients. That’s the conclusion of a study conducted by researchers at the University Hospital of Cologne in Germany. According to the researchers, eating about 30 calories of chocolate each day could have positive effects on blood pressure are the side effects like weight gain.
Previously, other studies had shown that consumption of large amounts of foods containing cocoa can lower blood pressure. This is believed to be flavonoids, chemicals that contain certain plants and believed to be responsible for the beneficial health effects.
“In the past it was thought that flavonoids were anti-nutrients” said Lorraine Agostini, nutrition expert at the University of Seville, Spain.” That is, acting against nutrition. But since the 90s began research on the health benefits of foods containing: cocoa, red wine and fruits and vegetables.”
Potassium in hypertension is a recurring theme since the drugs used to control this condition have diuretic effect.
It is important for controlling hypertension and fluid retention on the heart is required to have to pump more blood.
But the intake of diuretics may have adverse effects, which is why their consumption is not recommended without prescription and supervision of a physician. Besides helping to remove accumulated fluid, urine is discarded with more potassium than it should.
Heart rate
Among the cardiovascular changes observed a decrease in heart rate (heart beats per minute) at rest and during performance of a submaximal exercise intensity, no perceptible changes in heart rate usually peak with training. That is, the same mechanical stress (eg running at 12 km / h) before training could make an effort for the agency regarding heart rate of 140 beats / min. and after 4 weeks of aerobic training lead 130 bpm. Undoubtedly it is a positive development and improved cardiovascular fitness. The heart rate therefore is a parameter easy to measure, which quantifies in a practical and real intensity cardiovascular exertion level. Their knowledge allows us to objectify the intensity of exercise and prescribe training loads based on this parameter. Also we carry out a transfer of the effort in Ergometries (stress tests performed in the exercise physiology laboratories) to the sporting arena. For this reason, more and more often, athletes in their training and competitions, mainly endurance athletes, who use heart rate monitors, telemetry, allow them to know at any time heart rate.
Only when the hypertension is not very severe, you can allow the use of special salts in the diet of hypertensive patients. Within the range of salts suitable for hypertension have the common salts that occur in specific amounts, modified salts with less sodium and dietary, have no sodium.
Here is a to once every type:
Natrium: pills that are sold in pharmacies as medicine. Blister of aspirin are used to measure the amount of salt that we use on each plate. The filled blister equals 1 gram of salt.
Hypertension is a condition suffered by many people worldwide and is more common in men. We know for sure that diet is crucial in pressure and therefore affects, positively or negatively.
The eating a balanced diet with an adequate supply of potassium and fiber is beneficial.
Whole grains are rich in these substances work together in controlling hypertension, in addition to being effective in preventing cancer, fighting constipation, cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes.
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