Food for High Blood Pressure: Apart from medicines, consuming certain foods can also be helpful in controlling high blood pressure. Here we are telling you about one such special thing.

High Blood Pressure: The problem of high blood pressure (BP High) is becoming very common in today's time. However, if this problem is not taken care of in time, it can cause serious heart diseases. In such a situation, it is very important to keep BP under control. The good thing is that there are many things around us, whose consumption can help in controlling BP in a natural way. Here we are telling you about one such special thing. If your blood pressure is also high, then you can include it in your diet.

What is this special thing?

Actually, we are talking about dark chocolate here. According to a research report published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, many everyday things can be helpful in controlling BP. One of these things is dark chocolate. 

145 clinical trials were conducted on more than 5,000 people. The results of the trials show that dark chocolate contains a natural element called flavon-3-ol. It helps in reducing high blood pressure. 

Apart from this, flavone-3-ol rich foods also improve the functioning of arteries, which also keeps blood pressure under control and improves heart health.

How much should one eat? 

For this, you can eat about 56 grams of 75% dark chocolate daily. According to the report, consumption of this amount of dark chocolate can reduce blood pressure by about 6 points systolic and 3 points diastolic. In such a situation, if your blood pressure also remains high, then you can make dark chocolate a part of your daily diet.

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