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5 Amazing Foods that Lower High Blood Pressure

integrate into your diet.

2. Beets

Beets for lower blood pressure

Beet juice has proven to be efficient in reducing blood pressure. Insightful research in 2015 showed that hypertensive patients who drank 250 millimeters of beet juice daily (equivalent to a cup across a span of a month) reported notable improvements in their blood pressure.

Diving deeper into the findings, it was reported that participants in the study who drank a cup of beet juice daily saw an 8/4 mm Hg drop in their blood pressure.

The efficiency of such beet juice therapy can be better appreciated when measured against a single blood pressure medication, which reduces blood pressure levels by 9/5 mm Hg.

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The researchers attributed the blood-pressure-reducing-potency of the beet juice to its significant composition of inorganic nitrate.

Therefore, it can do you a million good to drink a cup of beet juice daily. You could either prepare the veggies as a side meal or just integrate them into your salads. Sounds yummy?

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3. Berries

Berries for lower blood pressure

We all love berries, don’t we? Well, the deliciousness of berries only comes next to their healthiness.

Berries improve your heart health, reversing heightened blood pressure. Berries like cloudberries, raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries are effective in reducing blood pressure.

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How?

Berries are rich in antioxidants. This includes the likes of resveratrol, anthocyanins (which give berries their coloring), and ellagic acid.

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Particularly, anthocyanins are angelic antioxidants that simultaneously suppress the

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