Need another reason to eat your fruits and veggies? New research has found that these powerful foods don’t just help your waistline, they could also lower blood pressure. The study found that eating potassium-rich foods, like sweet potatoes, avocados, spinach, beans, and bananas — in addition to decreasing salt intake — could help lower blood pressure. The study, now published online in the American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism, found that eating potassium-rich foods, such as a number of fruits and vegetables, may be key to lowering high blood pressure. This result persisted, no matter how much salt patients consumed. For the research, the team looked at several studies that analyzed subjects’ potassium intake, as measured by the amount found in their urine or from their recollection of what they ate. The researchers then looked at how potassium intake affected other factors, such as blood pressure, and sodium intake. The team also looked at rodent mode