High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure refers to the consistent elevation of blood pressure. Lifestyle and diet can have a significant impact on blood pressure levels.

Whole Foods We Recommend:

Eat more:

  • Cold water fish
  • Onions and garlic
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Celery
  • Organically grown fruits and vegetables, especially celery, beets, leafy greens and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage
  •  Whole grains (fresh stone milled, whole porridge oats)
  • Sprouts
  • Legumes
  • Potatoes


Avoid

saturated fat, refined sugars and carbohydrates, caffeine, alcohol, excess sodium

What we offer for those at risk for heart disease:


Here are our top five products that are generally accepted as helpful in lowering blood pressure. Ours are all natural whole unprocessed foods that we hope you will enjoy.

 

Our Number 1 for lowering blood pressure!

Stone milled whole grain bread mixes with egg

Several of our stone milled additive free bread mix recipes include an added egg. Whole grains are considered good for lowering blood pressure, but most people are unaware that research also indicates that 1-3 eggs per week also assist in reducing blood pressure levels. Any of our mixes with an added egg are recommended, here is our family favourite.


The Lord's Bread  (Yorkshire premium wheat, yeast, sea salt: you add honey, olive oil, egg & water)

The Lord's Bread is based upon a recipe from the Bible (Ezekiel 16:19) that includes fine flour, olive oil and honey. It produces a slightly sweet loaf that is very light and creamy in texture. Children love this creamy slightly sweet loaf that is highly nutritious with fresh whole grains, local honey and virgin olive oil. Instructions for baking by hand are given or it works well in most bread machines on basic, rapid rise, light crust settings.

Click here for some research information

 

Our Number 2 for lowering blood pressure!

 Morning Mix 

  • Naturally gluten-free
  • Wonderful nutty flavour
  • Just soak overnight or morning to morning, rinse and serve
  • Naturally assists in controlling blood sugar levels
  • No additives or preservatives, just natural raw ingredients
  • Serve as cereal with fresh fruit in yoghurt or milk
  • Great for endurance athletes or anyone who need a slow release of useable energy
  • Add as a nutritional garnish to porridge, cereals, salads, or as a sidedish

Raw ingredients: buckwheat, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, unpasteurized almonds, unhulled sesame seeds

Click here for documentation and research of ingredients that naturally assist in controlling blood sugar levels: buckwheat, almonds

 

Our Number 3 for lowering blood pressure!

Sprouts (Wheat, Spelt, Rye, Barley, and Buckwheat)

Sprouts are great for a healthy heart and reducing blood pressure. The rye and barley are naturally sweet and our favourites. Comes in 450g bags or 8kg tubs. The buckwheat sprouts in only 2 days or you can just soak it overnight and it is ready. Comes in 450g bags.

Click here for documentation and research of ingredients that naturally assist in controlling blood sugar levels: rye, buckwheat

 

These are our top 3 recommendations. All of the products below are consistent with generally accepted guidelines for lowering blood pressure!

 

Supreme Raw Naked Oats

Most oat grain is not sproutable. These are raw sproutable oats that are available as standard and premium varieties. The premium naked oats were grown with a greater sensitivity to the environment, but all of our naked oats are grown for us with the utmost care for the environment and for your health.

Rinse before soaking about 6-8 hours. Oats may now be eaten after soaking, but may also be sprouted. To sprout, then place in a sprouter after soaking and rinsing. Rinse and drain every 12 hours. The percentage of grains that sprout will be determined by a variety of factors, but they will all be very good and nutritious. There is some husk in this variety. If this is a concern for you, when you soak them, most husked oats will float to the surface and can be spooned out.


 

Fresh milled whole grain bread mixes

10 mixes in all. Just a few listed here. All Our bread mixes are special because they are fresh stone-milled whole grain flours with all whole food ingredients. There are no additives or preservatives. There is nothing refined. Beginning in October 2009, after milling and preparing our bread mixes, we pack them in an oxygen free environment so the mix keeps more of its nutrients and flavour until you are ready to bake them in your bread machine or oven. We have something for almost everyone. We have great wheat, spelt, rye, yellow maize and barley bread mixes.


Ancient Spelt Bread Mix Wheat free (Spelt, yeast, sea salt: you add honey, olive oil, egg & water)

The same recipe as The Lord's Bread (Ezekiel 16:19). An ancient recipe with an ancient grain. Many tell us this is the best wheat free bread they have ever tasted. In only a month, it has already become our best seller. The bread is less sweet than the Lord’s Bread and a little lighter, but not as creamy. It rises very high in a bread machine as long as you use the basic rapid (about 2 hours) cycle. Instructions for baking by hand are given or it works well in most bread machines on basic, rapid rise, light crust settings.

 

The Lord's Bread  (Yorkshire premium wheat, yeast, sea salt: you add honey, olive oil, egg & water)

The Lord's Bread is based upon a recipe from the Bible (Ezekiel 16:19) that includes fine flour, olive oil and honey. It produces a slightly sweet loaf that is very light and creamy in texture. Children love this creamy slightly sweet loaf that is highly nutritious with fresh whole grains, local honey and virgin olive oil. Instructions for baking by hand are given or it works well in most bread machines on basic, rapid rise, light crust settings.


Quick'NEasy Granary Bread Mix  (Wheat, spelt, maize, sunflower, linseed, yeast, sea salt)

A great loaf of nutritious whole grain bread! No kneading; just a few minutes to prepare. It is a soft yeast bread with medium density and great flavour. Mix the dry ingredients including yeast packet into bowl, mix thoroughly with warm (not cold) water and an egg. Spoon into a stick free 1 1/2 pound loaf tin, allow to rise briefly and pop into the cooker

 

Soda Bread Mix  (North Yorkshire wheat and oats, cream of tartar, soda, sea salt)

This soda bread produces a very creamy loaf that is best hot out of the oven with butter. Developed by our own Maggie Barlow and it is so good, it has replaced our Irish Soda Bread Mix

 

 


Spelt & Oat Bread Mix Wheat Free (Spelt, oats, seas salt, yeast)

This recipe produces a light flavourful loaf of wheat free bread. Good for sandwiches or toast. An excellent choice for those wanting to avoid wheat. A good loaf for bread machines using the basic, rapid cycle with medium crust.

 

 

 


Corn Bread Mix  Naturally gluten-free (Yellow maize, gluten-free baking powder, sea salt)

This wonderful whole grain bread mix is naturally gluten free. Popular in the American South and Southwest (and much of the world), fresh milled maize has a wonderful texture and is full of flavour and nutrition. Easy to make with no kneading or rising time. Comes in 2 packets to cook fresh twice. Best cooked in an 8" iron skillet, muffin tin or square oven-proof dish and eaten fresh out of the oven with butter. Great with soup, salad or a hot meal.


Porridge / Muesli Oats 

We offer flaked porridge oats that are flaked fresh and then packed in a controlled atmosphere. These oats are unprocessed and should be refrigerated after opening. They are best if used within 8 weeks of opening the package. These oats have much more flavour and nutrition than what you buy at the store. You can eat these raw or make a wonderful muesli with them. Also great for oat baths for the ladies. Just 1/2 cup in a nylon or mesh. Run hot bath or basin water through it and watch the oat milk and oils come through! Cleanses and heals your insides or skin! Comes in 500g or 1kg packets.

 

 Corn Porridge

This is an African/Caribbean recipe that is absolutely gorgeous. You have to try it to believe it. Fresh stone milled corn milled in a separate gluten-free mill for those who are intolerant to gluten. But this recipe is for everybody! Comes in 500g packets.

 

 

 

Corn Muffins Naturally gluten-free (Yellow maize)

This wonderful whole grain muffin recipe is a big hit at our farmer's markets. Although naturally gluten free (tested and certified gluten-free), most people buy this mix because it is gorgeous and very nutritious. Make with bananas, apples, blueberries or cranberries. Comes in 500g bags. Milled in a separate gluten free room.


Yorkshire Dales Granolas

All natural whole food with nothing refined. Five different varieties. Fresh milled grains, oats, olive oil, raw honey, with or without nuts, with or without unrefined sugar, chose wheat or spelt. Available in 450 tubs or 1.4kg tubs. We bake your order fresh so allow up to 2 weeks for delivery.

 



Other items:

Oat groats (requires an oat flaker such as the Schnitzer Campo Flaker)
Sprouting grains (rye, wheat, spelt, oats, barley)
Overnight Soaking grains (raw oats, buckwheat, chia, quinoa, barley)
Barley sprouts, soaks, or flour are ideal. It has the lowest glycemic
index of any grain
Stone milled Flour (Yellow Maize Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Spelt Flour, Rye
Flour, Barley Flour)


 

Helpful links:

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=disease&dbid=15