There are elders who are troubled by hypertension in the family. How about giving them some what when they go home for the holidays?
Dr. Clove now recommends some practical ones for you.
Electronic Sphygmomanometer: Everyone Must Be
Electronic sphygmomanometer is convenient and simple to use, and everyone can learn it. Not only hypertension patients, if conditions permit, postmenopausal women and men over 55 years old are recommended to prepare one.
It is recommended to choose the upper arm type electronic sphygmomanometer, which is the kind of measurement wrapped around the arm.
Check whether the sphygmomanometer has passed ESH, AAMI or BHS certification when purchasing, and ask the manufacturer whether it provides calibration services;
Teach elders how to use it correctly. Click here to learn how to measure blood pressure.
Salt-limited spoon: courtesy is light and affection is heavy.
Don’t think the salt limit spoon is insignificant, but it plays an important role in the healthy diet of hypertension patients.
The general salt-limited spoon is as long as this:
This kind of salt-limited spoon, a flat spoon is about 2 g, it is recommended to eat no more than 5 g of salt every day.
If there are three people in the family, then the total amount of salt used in a day should not exceed 15g, and then the salt in small pickles and soy sauce should be removed, and two flat spoons of salt should be used for a meal.
This kind of spoon also has 1 g, 3 g or 6 g specifications, spoon is generally marked. There are many people in the family, you can use 6 g, and there are few people in the family, you can buy 1 g, as long as you can know fairly well.
If you think this spoon is too simple to handle, you can send another salt-limited pot and oil-limited pot to form a set.
Cereals: Good-looking and Healthy
In addition to paying attention to hypertension patients with low salt and no renal function problems, a high potassium diet is recommended.
Is to improve the content of potassium in the diet, it is quite important to use all kinds of coarse grains to replace refined white rice, refined white flour as staple food. For example, brown rice, grain rice as staple food, love to drink porridge can use all kinds of coarse cereal porridge to replace rice congee.
In today’s supermarkets, all kinds of colorful coarse cereals and coarse grains are beautifully packaged and it is very suitable to buy and give gifts.
Sending Knowledge: Not Afraid of Fool
Many people who sell health care products and buy health care equipment are selling them under the name of “radical hypertension, non-toxic and non-side effects”. In fact, they are eyeing the wallets of hypertension patients.
How can we help hypertension patients so that they will not be fooled?
Doctor Clove is going to advertise himself here!
Recommend Dr. Clove to the hypertension patients you know! Let them also understand the basic common sense of controlling blood pressure and are not afraid of being fooled.