High blood pressure is a vascular disease in which the pressure in the blood vessels is higher than the standard value. It is defined as a systolic pressure of 130 or higher, or a diastolic pressure of 80 or higher. Many people with high blood pressure do not experience any symptoms of discomfort.
However, this can lead to dangerous diseases such as stroke and coronary heart disease if left untreated. Therefore, seeking treatment for high blood pressure is essential as soon as possible.
Many believe eating more onions, fungus, and celery can help lower the pressure. Is this true?
The ingredients that can lower blood pressure
Onions are rich in B vitamins, vitamin E, and carotenoids and contain a lot of prostaglandin A and dipropylene disulfide. These substances can increase the elasticity of blood vessel walls, dilate blood vessels, and lower blood pressure.
Fungus is rich in polysaccharides, amino acids, vitamins, and colloids. These ingredients can clean up some metabolites in blood vessels, lower blood lipids, dilate blood vessels, and stabilize blood pressure.
Celery contains a high amount of dietary fiber and potassium ions, which can promote the excretion of lipids in blood vessels, dilate blood vessels, and promote urinary sodium excretion, which reduces vascular resistance and lowers blood pressure.
Therefore, it is true that eating onions, fungus, and celery can help lower the pressure.
Onions, fungus, and celery cannot replace medication
Onions, fungus, celery, and other foods contain antihypertensive ingredients. However, if you want to rely on eating these foods to achieve the antihypertensive effect, you must eat them in excess every day. And even if you do, they cannot achieve the effect of directly lowering blood pressure.
If hypertensive patients only rely on eating these foods to lower their pressure without taking any drugs, not only will it not have the effect of lowering the pressure, but it will also lead to a continuous increase in pressure, which can induce a series of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, or coronary heart disease.
Bad habits that affect blood pressure
Take antihypertensive drugs but have bad eating habits, such as overeating meat or eating and drinking too much. It will also lead to increased blood viscosity, increasing the pressure on the blood vessels.
Furthermore, the intima of blood vessels will be damaged, and the sodium ions in blood vessels will also increase, which will affect the stability of blood pressure and induce the appearance of hyperlipidemia, and cause thrombosis and arteriosclerosis.
Moreover, suppose people smoke and drink, stay up late, and have other bad living habits. In that case, even if they take antihypertensive drugs or eat a lot of onions, fungus, and celery, the effect of lowering blood pressure cannot be achieved.
Therefore, to stabilize blood pressure, in addition to actively taking drugs and appropriately increasing the intake of onions, fungus, and celery, you should also pay attention to adjustments in diet, work and rest, mentality, and exercise.
By making these lifestyle changes, hypertensive patients can improve their overall health and reduce their risk of developing serious illnesses. Eating onions, fungus, and celery can help lower blood pressure, but they cannot replace medication. It is essential to follow a healthy lifestyle and take prescribed medication to ensure that your blood pressure is kept at a healthy level.
Translated by Patty Zhang
