What foods should you eat to control High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol?!
Question:
What foods should you eat to control High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol?
Also, what food shoulds you avoid, is there a diet plan that combines the 2 problems?
Answers:
For Cholesterol:
1. **Oatmeal
2. Fiber/whole grains - Any type like whole grain bread, fruits and vegetables
3. Fortified orange juice - 8 oz with meals
4. Beans
5. Nuts
6. Soy
7. Cheerios
For blood pressure:
1. Reduce salt intake by avoiding canned foods, soups. They contain too much salt/sodium.
2. Eat foods high in potassium - bananas, potatoes, avocados, tomato juice, grapefruit juice, and acorn squash.
3. Eat calcium and magnesium rich foods - low-fat milk, green beans, sardines with bones, broccoli, spinach, tofu, navy beans and sunflower seeds.
4. Lower your saturated fat intake.
5. Welch's purple grape juice