Are your Pressurized?

According to a report in The Journal of Clinical Hypertention an increase in potassium intake with a decrease in sodium intake is probably the most imporatant dietary choice (after weight loss) that should be implemented to reduce cardiovascular ailments.
In societies or communities that consume a diet rich in fruits in vegetables, hypertension affects a mere 1% of the population. Such diet is naturally lower in sodium and rich in potassium. By contrast, in industrialized societies, where people consume larger amounts of processed foods, one out of every three adults has hypertension. Current dietary guidelines also recommend 4,700 milligrams of potassium in daily basis.
That may sound like a lot--4.7 grams-- but dont have to turn to supplements to get plenty of potassium. A wide variety of healthy foods contain potassium, including vegetables like potatoes, brinjal, tomatoes, carrots and spinach; legumes like cow peas, moong beans, kidney beans and soybeans; fruits such as bananas, apricots,prunes, melons and peaches;fish such as tuna, prawns, cod and trout and low fat dietry. Potassium might not be the only mineral we can enlist in hypertension. Some studies has shown that diets containing at least 500 to 1000 mg of magnesium daily and more than 800 mg of calcium may help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of developing hypertension and cardiac diseases