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Nutrition for Hypertension Dietary Principles:
* Maintain a low sugar diet; no candy, cake, or sodas.
* Maintain a low fat diet.
* Calorie percentages: 40% complex carbohydrates, 40% protein, 30% fat
* Maintain a high fiber diet, even if it means taking a commercial fiber supplement.
* Maintain a diet low in cholesterol. Count those grams of fat!
* Maintain a low sodium/sodium-restricted diet: You may use sea salt as a substitute.
* Eat primarily a vegetarian diet.
* If you are overweight, reduce weight to a normal range; if you have extreme hypertension, restrict your diet to 500 mg. of sodium per day.
* Elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet
Therapeutic Foods:
Millet, buckwheat, oats, rice, raw goat's milk, raw leafy vegetables, watermelon, garlic, onions, foods rich in rutin, cornsilk tea, broccoli, celery, cherries, nectarines, pineapples, kumquats, watermelons, squash, pomegranates, guavas, parsley, cucumbers, dandelion greens, cornsilk and white mushroom soup, vegetables, nuts, salmon, herring, mackerel, sardines, walnuts, flaxseed oil, evening primrose oil, and black currant oil
Fresh Juices, Soups, and Teas: (Try each one until you find a juice that benefits you.)
Carrot, parsley and celery Lime and whey powder Grape and carrot Grapefruit Carrot, spinach, beet, and parsley Celery and apple Watermelon Cornsilk tea 1/2 cup fresh snow peas Soybean sprout tea Carrot, beet, and cucumber Carrot and spinach Warm celery Mung bean soup Chrysanthemum and spinach tea Persimmon Radish Cucumber vine tea Celery and onion
Foods and Beverages to Avoid:
Any food that produces an intolerance; salty foods: pickles, olives, chips, packaged snacks, meat, (especially ham, frankfurters, bacon, bologna, corned beef, lunch meats, frozen fish fillets, sardines, herring, caviar, anchovies, and shellfish), dairy products, spicy foods: salsa, white and black pepper, and mustard; canned tomato juice, V-8 juice, processed cheese, canned, dried or instant soups, frozen peas and beans, most processed and refined foods, MSG, mayonnaise, salad dressings, gravies, ketchup, food with sodium benzoate as a preservative, sodium proprionate in cheese and bread, baking powder, baking soda, soft drinks, smoked meats and fish, Jello, pretzels, potato chips, salted nuts, candy, rennet tablets, pudding mixes, beverage mixes, fried or fatty foods, pork, margarine, vegetable shortenings, imitation butter spreads, most commercial peanut butters, ghee, barbecued meats, coffee, teas and colas containing caffeine, and alcohol; also avoid grapefruit juice if you're taking Procardia or Adalat.
Specific Supplements:
Vitamin A - 25,000 I.U. a day
Vitamin B-complex - 75 mg. a day
Vitamin B3 - Niacinamide - 100 mg. a day
Vitamin C - 3 grams a day
Vitamin D - 1,000 mg. per day
Calcium 1-2 grams a day; avoid Calcium supplementation if taking Verapamil for hypotensive effect.
Magnesium - 500 mg. a day (Supplement several hundred mg. per day if you are taking Thiazide medication or digitalis to prevent weakening of cardiac muscle caused by the increased excretion of magnesium.)
Potassium - 100 mg. a day (Have your potassium level monitored frequently by your physician. Potassium supplements such as Slow-K or Micro-K are generally used to compensate for depletion in patients on Thiazide medication.)
Coenzyme Q10 - 60 mg. a day
Omega-3 fatty acids - 10 to 15 grams a day
Omega-6 fatty acids - Take as directed. |
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