Diabetic Food Log Sheets

What are the Best Foods to Reduce High Blood Pressure?

The most important thing that must be considered to reduce blood sugar is to control your healthy foods to consume. Therefore, we provide a list of the best foods to reduce high blood pressure. These foods are as follows.

• Salmon: If your blood sugar level is high, you should increase your consumption of fish, especially salmon. Salmon is a type of fatty fish that contains good omega-3 fats. Salmon is great for improving heart health. Fish can also reduce high blood sugar pressure. This is proven by research in journals published at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  
  
• Berries: Other foods that are great for consumption by people with high blood sugar levels are berries. Berries have been proven to be able to provide various health benefits for the body. One of them is reducing the risk of high blood pressure which can trigger heart disease. That's because berries have anthocyanin compounds which can increase nitric oxide levels in the blood.
  
  
• Carrots: Carrots can also help reduce blood sugar levels. According to ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, people aged 40-59 years can significantly reduce blood pressure and blood sugar. That's because there are high phenolic compounds in carrots. These compounds can reduce inflammation in blood vessels.
  
  
• Tomatoes: Tomatoes are also the best food for reducing high blood sugar levels. The ability of tomatoes to reduce blood sugar levels is due to the carotenoid lycopene. These compounds will improve heart health, reduce high blood pressure, and lower blood sugar levels.
  
  
• Chia seeds: Currently, chia seeds are being widely consumed by people who have a healthy lifestyle. The reason is, chia seed provides many health benefits. One of them is to lower glucose levels in the blood.
  
  
• Spinach: Spinach is a vegetable that has a high nitrate. In addition, spinach also contains antioxidant compounds. Therefore, spinach is good for reducing blood sugar levels and high blood pressure.