We continue to look at nutrition and the food that you put on your plate, which can have a substantial impact on your life. The single most important investment you can make to your health on a daily basis is to eat well, as previously mentioned. Here Michelle Simmons, Food.news, reflects on food therapy research suggestions to treat or control high blood pressure:

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“The food you eat greatly affects your health: It can either keep you healthy or contribute to diseases. A review of literature published in The American Journal of Chinese Medicine suggested that food therapy is an effective way to control blood pressure.

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Author Ping Zhou, a researcher from Nipissing University in Canada, looked at the beneficial effects of food therapy on controlling hypertension or high blood pressure. He summed up the basic concepts of traditional Chinese medicine, the principles of food therapy, and its application for hypertension control based on Chinese literature in this paper.

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In traditional Chinese medicine, food is conceptualized based on the nutritional and functional aspects and can be used to treat diseases. Four principles of traditional Chinese medicine food therapy are available for managing hypertension: light eating, balancing the “hot” and “cold” nature of food, the harmony of the five flavors of food, and consistency between dietary intake and different health conditions.

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Based on a statistical analysis of antihypertensive foods recommended in 20 books on the application of food therapy for hypertension control, the 38 most frequently recommended are apples, bananas, bitter melons, black fungus, buckwheat, carrots, celery, corn, dairy products, eggplant, garland chrysanthemum, garlic, green beans, green onion, hawthorn, honey, jellyfish, kiwi, laver, mushroom, oat, onion, pea, peanut, pear, persimmon, potato, sea cucumber, seaweed, shepherd’s purse, soy products, soybean, spinach, tea, tomato, vinegar, watermelon, and winter melon. In addition, food therapy focuses on the therapeutic effects of food, considering its nature, taste, and function on balanced human health, which results in optimal blood pressure management. (Related: Eat more veggies and fish – Compound in both foods found to promote heart health.)

In conclusion, current literature suggested that food therapy is effective in controlling blood pressure.”

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