Thursday, April 18, 2013

Beet juice, vegies and fruits rich in nitrate can lower BP

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From Newsmax Health | April 17, 2013 

Drinking beet juice and generous serving of vegies helped lower BP by as much as 10 Hg.  This was found in a small study of 15 women in UK (Queen Mary University of London, Barts and London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Generally, it is the nitrate in the beet juice and vegies like lettuce, cabbage and fennel which has the BP lowering effect.  We all know that the Nitrate (as in the sublingual nitrate cure for angina) and the L arginine which are precursor of nitrous oxide are vasodilators (relaxes blood vessels)  But beet juice would be more preferred for juicing because of its pleasant taste

The results came out in Journal Hypertension last April 15, 2013.  

By drinking 250 ml of beet juice reduced bp by 10 Hg and was highest 3 to 6 hours after drinking  and the effect lasted 24 hours.

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