Healthy eating can help control blood pressure in a variety of ways.
Another study used the DASH diet, which focuses on increasing antioxidant consumption with eight to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day and four to five servings of nuts weekly. In a large group of people with mildly elevated blood pressure, this diet significantly lowered blood pressure without weight loss or decreased salt. About a third of the population appears to have blood pressure that is sodium-sensitive, so watching added salt and sodium in commercial foods may help. Avoiding excess alcohol is also clearly important.