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Potassium Rich Foods

Try to include adequate amounts of potassium rich foods into your regular blood pressure lowering diet. Potassium, another mineral essential to good health, works with sodium to maintain the body's water balance and regulate blood pressure.

Increased potassium levels in your diet may increase the amount of sodium excreted from the body, this in turn can help to lower high blood pressure levels.

Foods with high levels of potassium include many fresh fruits and vegetables (processed foods tend to contain less potassium than the fresh alternatives).

A wide variety of potassium-rich foods should be eaten daily. There's a large selection of foods to choose from, so there's really no excuse for not getting enough potassium in your diet.

Foods High In Potassium Include.....

Dairy - Milk, Yogurt, Ice Cream

Fresh Fruit - Apricots, Avocado, Banana, Cantaloupe, Dates, Honeydew melon, Nectarines, Prunes, Raisins, Apples, Grapefruit juice, Oranges, Peaches, Strawberries, Watermelon.

Meat - Chicken, Fish (not canned), Turkey, Beef, Lamb, Fresh Pork

Fresh Vegetables - Carrot, Celery, Baked Potato, Beets, Broccoli, Peas, Spinach, Sweet Potato, Tomato, Zucchini, Nuts

(Important note: if taking medication for high blood pressure, such as diuretics, consult a doctor before using salt substitutes that contain high amounts of potassium.)

A useful link for hypertension reducing diet is...
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan - www.nhlbi.nih.gov/dash