 [ Symptoms ] can you eat bananas with high blood pressure if the doctor says not to my dad has high blood pressure and has been told by the doctor not to eat bananas but when reading about lowering high blood pressure it tell you to eat bananas should my dad listen to his doctor or should he eat bananas [ Disease ] if you have the urge to smoke a cigarette talk with someone go for a walk drink water or get busy with a task reduce your stress by taking a hot bath exercising or reading a book