Low blood pressure is a common problem for many people and, sometimes, it is accompanied by anemia. Low blood pressure can be fatal in severe cases, but not in mild cases. There are many foods in our daily life that are good for improving low blood pressure, but there are also some foods that are not suitable for people with low blood pressure to eat. So, how to identify which foods can be eaten and which foods can not be eaten?
What is good for people with low blood pressure to eat?
Low blood pressure can affect a person’s health, serious will appear easily dizziness, fainting and other phenomena. Therefore, patients with low blood pressure should eat more food that can replenish the qi, such as cinnamon, dates, etc. In addition, low blood pressure patients just the opposite of high blood pressure patients, should eat more food rich in sodium and high cholesterol. In addition, daily life, pay attention to health care is also very important.
1, eat more Qi and strengthen the spleen and kidney food, such as lotus seeds, cinnamon, dates, mulberries, dried fruit and other foods, because they have a nourishing heart and blood, strengthen the spleen and brain, can often eat. Ginseng stew with lean meat, angelica in lamb, and chicken stew with Tian Qi are very beneficial to patients with low blood pressure. Cook more soup to drink, you can add some lotus seeds, dates, cinnamon and so on. And drink more water, you can add some salt appropriately. Patients with low blood pressure should strengthen nutrition, eat both meat and vegetables, and reasonably match meals to ensure the intake of comprehensive and sufficient nutrients, so that the physique gradually becomes robust from frail.
2, because low blood pressure may be accompanied by the occurrence of anemia, so you should eat more food rich in protein, iron, copper, folic acid, vitamin B12, vitamin C and other “hematopoietic materials”, such as pig liver, egg yolk, lean meat, milk, fish and shrimp, shellfish, soybeans, tofu, brown sugar and fresh vegetables and fruits. Correcting anemia is good for relieving low blood pressure, increasing cardiac output, improving the blood supply to the brain, raising blood pressure and eliminating the adverse symptoms caused by low blood pressure.
3, accompanied by less food and poor appetite, it is appropriate to eat food and condiments that can stimulate appetite, such as ginger, onion, vinegar, sauce, sugar, pepper, chili, beer, wine, etc.
4, contrary to hypertension, people with low blood pressure can eat more high-sodium, high-cholesterol diet. Sodium chloride (i.e., salt) needs to be consumed 12-15 grams per day (but salt intake should not be too high). Cholesterol-containing foods such as brain, liver, eggs, cream, fish eggs, pork bones, etc., eaten in moderation, are conducive to raising blood cholesterol concentrations, increasing arterial tension and raising blood pressure.
Daily prevention of low blood pressure common sense
1, sleep at night to put the head high, can reduce the symptoms of low blood pressure.
2, exercise to enhance physical fitness. Usually develop the habit of exercise, a balanced diet, cultivate a cheerful personality, ensure sufficient sleep, regular and normal life.
3, when you get up in the morning, you should slowly change your position to prevent a sudden drop in blood pressure, not suddenly when you get up, turn around and get up slowly, limb flexion and extension movements should not be too violent and too fast, such as lifting, lifting heavy objects or defecation after the action to stand up more slowly. Bathing water temperature should not be too hot, too cold, because heat can make blood vessels dilate and lower blood pressure, cold will stimulate blood vessels and increase blood pressure. Shower often to accelerate blood circulation, or cold water, alternating with warm water to wash feet.
4, diet, eat less adzuki beans, gourd, winter melon, watermelon, celery, hawthorn, bitter melon, green beans, garlic, kelp, onions, sunflower seeds and other foods with hypotensive effect.
Diet therapy for low blood pressure
1. 15 red dates, 150 grams of chestnuts, and 1 net chicken. The chicken is cut into pieces, stir-fried over high heat, then add spices, cooked to 80%, add red dates, chestnuts smothered and eaten.
2, leek appropriate amount, pounded to get juice, get up every morning to take 1 cup, often take, can make blood pressure back to normal.
3, angelica, astragalus jujube 50 grams each, 4 eggs cooked together, eat eggs and drink soup, once a day in the morning and evening, eat on an empty stomach.
4, chestnuts 200 grams (shelled), 200 grams of pork tenderloin, wash and cut, boil soup, add salt and monosodium glutamate seasoning to eat. Once a week, for 1 month.
5, carp 1, glutinous rice 60 grams. Wash the fish (do not remove the scales) and glutinous rice together into a porridge, used 2 times a week, and served for two months.
6, leek and shrimp soup. Break the eggs into a bowl, stir well, pour in shrimp, starch, an appropriate amount of salt and mix well for use, pour water into a pot and boil, put oil, pour in the shrimp and egg mixture, cook until just cooked, put in the leek, to be cooked with an appropriate amount of salt and sesame oil to serve.