Consuming certain foods and drinks may help reduce one of the main risk factors for heart attack and stroke. Who knows, you could find you don’t need medication after all – but let your doctor be the judge of that.
1. Gorge on guacamole. Avocados are high in potassium, which lowers blood pressure. Most of us in the UK don’t get our daily potassium requirement.
2. Snack on apricots. This is another great source of potassium (as are bananas). And they’re high in fibre and low in calories, too. What’s not to like?
3. Say yes to yoghurt. But make it the probiotic kind. A recent review of nine high-quality research studies suggested that consuming probiotics for at least eight weeks could bring about a modest reduction in both systolic (the top number) and diastolic readings in people with hypertension.
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