Do you know how vitamins, minerals, can affect your blood pressure

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I get these really nice newsletters from healthier.com daily. You see I'm getting up in age and have a hubby with high blood pressure so I've been reading up on healthy things these days. Thought you might like to know a little about potassium, it's in lots of stuff that I wasn't aware of! [i] "So far, research has shown that potassium does lower blood pressure. Studies have not indicated that calcium and magnesium supplements prevent high blood pressure. Here's the latest: Potassium helps to prevent and control high blood pressure. Be sure to get enough potassium in the foods you eat. Some good sources are various fruits, vegetables, dairy foods and fish. FOODS HIGH IN POTASSIUM Food (mg) Serving Size Potassium Apricots, dried 10 halves 407 Avocados, raw 1 ounce 180 Bananas, raw 1 cup 594 Beets, cooked 1 cup 519 Brussel sprouts, cooked 1 cup 504 Cantaloupe 1 cup 494 Dates, dry 5 dates 271 Figs, dry 2 figs 271 Kiwi fruit, raw 1 medium 252 Lima beans 1 cup 955 Melons, honeydew 1 cup 461 Milk, fat free or skim 1 cup 407 Nectarines 1 nectarine 288 Orange juice 1 cup 496 Oranges 1 orange 237 Pears (fresh) 1 pear 208 Peanuts dry roasted, without salt 1 ounce 187 Potatoes, baked, flesh and skin 1 potato 1081 Prune juice 1 cup 707 Prunes, dried 1 cup 828 Raisins 1 cup 1,089 Spinach, cooked 1 cup 839 Tomato products (canned, sauce) 1 cup 909 Winter squash 1 cup 896 Yogurt plain, skim milk 8 ounces 579 Values were obtained from the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard References, Release 15 for Potassium, K (mg) content of selected foods per common measure."[/i] Read the entire Q & A here http://www.remedylife.com/heart/expert/content?cid=1686&ctid=10#anchor1 Did you know these facts about potassium? Is there enough in your diet?