Patients with hypertension, in their daily life, need to arrange their diet reasonably every day, control the intake of total calories to the diet, and distribute the calories of the three daily meals according to the correct standard to achieve the purpose of controlling and stabilizing blood pressure. So, what should hypertensive patients eat when it comes to staple foods? How much should be eaten? The benefits of eating coarse grains for hypertension patients Staple foods can be divided into two types: cereals and legumes, which contain calories, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, dietary fiber, minerals, various vitamins and other components that are indispensable for maintaining human health. For patients with hypertension, especially with high blood pressure, obese friends, generally recommended to eat more grains and potatoes, increase the intake of grains and legumes without refined processing, such as millet, buckwheat, barley, green beans, white lentils, coarse and fine, for balanced nutrition, to assist in lowering blood pressure more beneficial. In addition, most coarse grains are richer in potassium, potassium can promote the excretion of sodium in the body, which is conducive to the control of hypertension patients. Fine rice, refined noodles because all kinds of nutrients are concentrated in the cereal surface or germ, too high precision cereal grinding, impurity removal procedures are more, easy to lose some nutrients. Hypertensive patients for the consumption of staple foods, the overall can follow the following principles: 1, which staple foods are recommended to eat buckwheat, oats, barley, white lentils, sweet potatoes, etc. 2, which staple foods try not to eat doughnuts, moon cakes, cookies, cakes, sesame, instant noodles, burgers, pizza, etc. 3, which staple foods in moderation eat less steamed buns, rolls, pancakes, biscuits, bread, rice cakes, dumplings, etc. 4.How much staple food is appropriate According to the “Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents”, it is recommended that the appropriate daily intake of grains and cereals for adults is 50-100g, accounting for 1/5-1/3 of the total staple food. the proportion of whole grains and mixed grains and beans appropriate daily intake for patients with hypertension can be slightly higher. 5.What to do with staple foods Some staple foods will add a lot of oil, salt and other seasonings in the process of preparation, should strictly follow the “three low” principle, if oil and salt are added to the staple foods, the corresponding amount should be reduced in the cooking of vegetables, meat, eggs and milk, in order to control the amount of oil and salt intake, so as not to affect blood pressure control. References [1] Dietary fiber. Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents [J]. Guangxi Quality Supervision Guide, 1997(3):8-8. [2]You Hongshuai, Wei Wanlin, Zhang Ling, et al. Effects of dietary sodium and potassium on blood pressure and target organs[J]. Chinese Journal of Gerontology, 2013, 33(22):5764-5766.