Do you know how vitamins, minerals, can affect your blood pressure
By redkathy
@redkathy (3374)
United States
September 24, 2008 12:04pm CST
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!
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"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?
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
24 Sep 08
i take porassium every day. i knew bananas are a god source but u can only eat so many. i love bananas but don't want one every day. glad to know these other sources. thanks.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
28 Oct 08
thanks i have high bp, take 2 pills aday for it but i don't take any vitamins.

@eaforeman6 (8979)
• United States
28 Oct 08
@jerzgirl (9384)
• United States
24 Sep 08
I'm glad you put this in. I knew potassium was important and knew that diuretics could deplete it (as can heavy perspiration) but didn't know it controlled blood pressure. My mother, who just went through another trip to the hospital - this time for respiratory distress and congestive heart failure, has to take potassium supplements and reduce her sodium intake. The doctor agreed that potassium salt would be a good thing for us to get. She was in the mood for tomato soup at lunch, but we didn't have any, so I found an easy recipe online and made some using canned tomatoes. I didn't know tomatoes had so much potassium, which is good because she had a full bowl, plus a grilled cheese. The milk in the soup plus the cheese also provided a bit more. It looks like my quicky "homemade" lunch fit right in with her doctor's orders!! So - thank you very much for listing this. She was low in potassium and I probably am as well (I'm also on diuretics), so I'll be sure to keep this list handy to know what things best fulfill her needs. 
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
28 Oct 08
i also take potassium every day. i take so many pills i should rattle when i walk. thanks for the info.

@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
29 Oct 08
i believe that would take more energy than i have today. lol you have a nice day to.

@hildas (3031)
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28 Oct 08
You learn something new everyday. This is really good. Thank you for posting it up on this discussion. I am thirty eight and have just been told that I have high blood pressure. Three times this year my reading was high. I am severe asthmatic and I think it is all the medication that I am on, or maybe it is because I cannot breath everday. I have been searching high and low and did not know about these foods.
I eat very healthy. I take calcium supplements but if I need more potassium, I will try these on your list.







Have a great day.