Consistently, people with high blood levels of vitamin C have lower blood pressure, according to research by Elaine B. Feldman of the Medical College of Georgia. She also found that taking 1,000mg of vitamin C daily lowered normal blood pressure about 4 percent. Eat the right fat. Saturated animal fat in meat and dairy products boosts blood pressure. Vegetable fats tend to lower it.
Studies show that substituting olive oil for other fats lowers blood pressure.
Fish oil also tends to suppress blood pressure. The new Harvard study linked red meat, particularly hamburger, to high blood pressure. Eat your minerals. The big three anti-hypertensive minerals are calcium, magnesium and potassium. In the Harvard research, a magnesium deficiency was the worst dietary culprit in boosting blood pressure.