Celebrity Chefs Low Blood Pressure Recipe Tips

3 Tips From Celebrity Chefs to Lower Your Blood Pressure

Eating to control your blood pressure is what celebrity chefs are experts at.  Take some of their advice and tips for cutting down on fat, cholesterol and salt without loosing flavor or fun.

Here are some Celebrity Chef tips and recipes on how to make your diet blood pressure friendly.

1) Giada De Laurentiis, of the cooking show Everyday Italian, says that naturally fat-free lemon juice is the most essential ingredient in her kitchen.

She flavors salmon fillets with lemon juice, white wine, rosemary, and capers, so they need just a pinch of salt, which cuts out half the sodium found in this fattier seafood sauce.

Quick tip: Toss the salt in favor of lemon juice often enough, and you may even lower your blood pressure.

2) Ellie Krieger, a registered dietitian and celebrity chef host of the Food Network’s Healthy Appetite uses nonfat yogurt instead of sour cream in recipes, which cuts out 4 grams of fat and 2 grams of saturated fat, and doubles the calcium to help lower your blood pressure.

Quick tip: Straining yogurt in a paper towel for at least 30 minutes will eliminate some of the water, giving it a rich, creamy texture closer to that of sour cream.

3) Katie Lee Joel, wife of musician Billy Joel, and a reality competition participant for the culinary arts, follows a low phosphorus diet. Excess phosphorus in the blood can lead to serious long-term health problems such as mineral deposits in the heart and blood vessels leading to high blood pressure, bone disease and even death.

Quick tip: Mayonnaise-free salad recipe is phosphate friendly: rice, canned black-eyed peas, chopped onion, chopped red bell pepper, scallions and shredded white cheddar with an olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing.

Stick to natural food sources to avoid the blood-pressure-boosting sodium added to some processed products. Create an eating plan that is low in fat but rich in low-fat dairy foods, fruits, and vegetables. A diet high in calcium, potassium, and magnesium may lower your blood pressure. Fruits and vegetables are excellent sources to increase the potassium in your diet.. Dairy products (low-fat) are high in calcium and magnesium. Try eating whole grains, fish, poultry, nuts, seeds, and dried beans (legumes) as part of a balanced diet. Controlling your weight, increasing your physical activity, and reducing salt content in your recipes and diet will help lower your blood pressure. Start with these Celebrity Chef tips!