Hypertensive cerebral infarction patients can eat sweet potatoes, can also eat sweet potatoes as a staple food, reduce the intake of buns, rice, porridge, sweet potatoes belong to the root vegetables. Recommended for people with metabolic syndrome, appropriate intake of root food, root food starch content is relatively high, can replace the main food to a certain extent, to prevent excessive rise in blood sugar, and the content of dietary fiber is also relatively high, like potatoes, sweet potatoes or yams, etc., can be moderate intake. In ordinary life, we should pay attention to monitoring blood pressure and not to lower it too low, because lowering it too low will lead to insufficient blood supply to the cerebral arteries, which will easily lead to the recurrence of cerebral infarction. The systolic blood pressure of the elderly should be below 150 mmHg, and should not be lowered too much.