How to Lower Blood Pressure with Vegetables High in Glutamic Acid

Recent research has shown that you can lower your blood pressure by eating vegetables high in Glutamic Acid. Here's how to add high Glutamic Acid vegetables to your diet for lower blood pressure.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Vegetables rich in Glutamic Acid

1. Increase the servings of vegetables you do eat daily. Most people do not eat the 5 servings a day that are recommended.

2. Look through your refrigerator and pantry and see what vegetables you have there, and that you eat often. If you want to lower your blood pressure you need those vegetables to be high in Glutamic Acid. Are they? If not, replace them with high Glutamic Acid vegetables. Replace any salted canned vegetables with no-sodium versions to also help lower blood pressure.

3. Start eating vegetarian products high in vegetable proteins- they have high Glutamic Acid levels. Replace your lunchmeats, burgers and hotdogs with vegetarian versions high in nut, grain and vegetable protein. Add sauteed mushrooms to your burgers and pastas, and slap a couple of fresh tomato slices on your burgers and sandwiches. Add textured vegetable products to your soups and casseroles.

4. Asian foods are your friend- as long as you cook at home. Learn to like seaweed. It can be made into sushi, or sprinkled on just about anything. Use a spoonful of miso in soups instead of broth. Chinese Cabbage and mushrooms are both high in Glutamic Acid, as is tofu and soy sauce.

5. Consider combining your goal of lower blood pressure with losing weight, and start drinking 8oz of vegetable juice daily.

Tips & Warnings

• Vegetable proteins can help prevent heart disease and lower your blood pressure.
• Other vegetables to include in your diet are Peas, Corn, Beets, Carrots, Onions, Spinach, Tomatoes and Green peppers.
• Foods that are high in Glutamic Acid are called 'Umami', and are considered the 'fifth taste', after sweet, sour, salty and bitter. They add a rich, savoury taste.
• To help lower blood pressure, get rid of all canned foods with salt. Cook yuor food first, then salt to taste.
• Do not confuse high Glutamic Acid foods with MSG. They are not the same.

Resources

• How to Lose Weight with Vegetable Juice
• Lower Blood Pressure with Vegetable Protein Study
• How to Lose Weight with White Tea
• glorybug Blog

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on 9/24/2009 My neighbor/friend could benefit from this info. and I will be sharing this with her.