It is a fact that our day to day life is not so smooth as we dream. Stress from the bad experiences, worries on future, strain from the distorted relations… thus grows the list of human miseries. Mental stress eats up our good days. Knowingly or unknowingly we add up more oil to the flame of stress in our life through the food we intake.
Everybody of us can not withdraw and meditate daily as some people do. Meditation is the best way to control and lead a balanced life. Practical difficulties prevent many of us from doing meditation in a continuous way.
Food can control the stress to a great extent. Add more fruits and vegetable to the food will help. Vegetarian food habit has positive influence to reduce the high blood pressure. The wisdom of old people says there is something in the plant food that will reduce the blood pressure. Or is it the reverse way telling that there is something lacks in plant food that adds up to the high blood pressure? Both are true.
Fruits have plenty of potassium, vitamin C and soluble fiber. Studies show that vitamin C, soluble fiber and potassium are blood pressure lowering agents. Changing the food habit by adding more vegetables and fruits will reduce the blood pressure. Many of us are addicted to the taste of meat.
Some of the vitamin C rich fruits that can be added to our daily food are gooseberry, sweet lime, garlic, celery, fish and oranges. Gooseberry is rich with vitamin C and is a recommended food for reducing blood pressure. Called ‘amla’ in Hindi, Indian people used gooseberry extensively in their food. The raw gooseberry can be eaten as it is and is one of the best methods to consume.
Everybody of us can not withdraw and meditate daily as some people do. Meditation is the best way to control and lead a balanced life. Practical difficulties prevent many of us from doing meditation in a continuous way.
Food can control the stress to a great extent. Add more fruits and vegetable to the food will help. Vegetarian food habit has positive influence to reduce the high blood pressure. The wisdom of old people says there is something in the plant food that will reduce the blood pressure. Or is it the reverse way telling that there is something lacks in plant food that adds up to the high blood pressure? Both are true.
Fruits have plenty of potassium, vitamin C and soluble fiber. Studies show that vitamin C, soluble fiber and potassium are blood pressure lowering agents. Changing the food habit by adding more vegetables and fruits will reduce the blood pressure. Many of us are addicted to the taste of meat.
Some of the vitamin C rich fruits that can be added to our daily food are gooseberry, sweet lime, garlic, celery, fish and oranges. Gooseberry is rich with vitamin C and is a recommended food for reducing blood pressure. Called ‘amla’ in Hindi, Indian people used gooseberry extensively in their food. The raw gooseberry can be eaten as it is and is one of the best methods to consume.
Garlic is a species of onion family having scientific name of Allium sativum L. Garlic has been used since long time in the human history for cooking as well as for medicinal purposes. It has a characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking.
Garlic acts as a vasodilator and dilates blood vessels thereby helps to reduce blood pressure. Garlic contains adenosine, which promotes vasodilatation and is also a muscle relaxant. If we can eat raw garlic, that is better and recommended. That will be little tough and if not possible to eat raw garlic, don’t hesitate to add them to your food.
The best thing with the natural and vegetable food is they won’t harm our body with side effects. Blood pressure is an outcome of mental stress and due to high blood pressure our body will be in danger. Act before both happens. Whether the high blood pressure or mental stress, what comes first is not important in our life. We have to act to prevent both, and if that is possible through food, why to hesitate a change in the menu?
