High blood pressure: Incorporating this juice into your diet could lower your reading

There are no symptoms of high blood pressure, which is why it’s been dubbed “the silent killer”. Make sure you’re doing all that you can to prolong your life. Start off by drinking more of a certain type of juice.

Your blood pressure can be measured at the GP’s surgery or at home using a blood pressure monitor.

A reading of 140/90mmHg (or above) is considered to be high blood pressure, according to the informative charity Blood Pressure UK.

The charity added that you may have high blood pressure if the first number (systolic blood pressure) is consistently higher than it’s supposed to be for a number of weeks.

The ideal blood pressure reading – thought of as healthy – is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg.

High blood pressure puts extra strain on your heart and blood vessels, which increases a person’s risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Both of those conditions can be life-threatening, so it’s very important to lower your blood pressure to a healthy range.

The Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital, Canada, wanted to test certain hypotheses.

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They aimed to investigate the effects of a certain vegetable – that can be blended into a juice – on blood pressure.

To begin this investigation, they recruited 27 healthy participants who were randomly assigned to ingest spinach.

This experiment continued for seven days, followed by a one-week washout period.

On day one and day seven of the experiment, their blood pressure was measured.

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The research team discovered that eating spinach reduced the participants’ blood pressure readings and arterial stiffness.

Spinach is rich in nitrates, a compound believed to help dilate blood vessels.

Stretchy arteries may help to lower blood pressure and boost blood flow, reducing the strain on the heart muscle.

Another study, conducted by the School of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of Western Australia, looked into the benefits of nitrates.

Each volunteer’s blood pressure was monitored, as well as the nitric oxide status.

Aside from the control, apples and spinach contributed to lower systolic blood pressure.

However, there was no significant effect observed on diastolic blood pressure.

The research team concluded that spinach (and apples) could acutely lower blood pressure readings.

source: express.co.uk