A research has proven
that a diet including inorganic nitrates from beet juice or other leafy green vegetables
can be as an effective medical intervention that can reduce blood pressure,
provide protection against glaucoma, improve athletic performance, and enhance
the general health of blood vessels.
Beetroot juice is highly beneficial when it comes to
lowering a high blood pressure. It is a powerful medicine that helps people
take steps in controlling blood pressure by a non-clinical mean. Beetroot juice
is known as one of the best high blood pressure medication that you can try at
home.
How beetroot controls blood pressure:
Beetroot contains a high amount of nitrates and minerals
such as potassium and magnesium that make it very effective in treating
hypertension. The high amount of nitrates available in this vegetable is
converted into nitric oxide which helps to widen the blood vessels. The widened
blood vessels are helpful to dilate blood so that its pressure is comparatively
reduced.
A research was conducted on over 70 people with
hypertension. The evidence has shown that drinking a glass of beetroot juice of
250 ml every day can help in high blood pressure treatment on an average
of 7.7/5.2 mmHg, within a month. The
reduction in blood pressure was recorded using 24-hour ambulatory blood
pressure monitoring. After that, the actual result was compared with the
effects of drinking placebo beetroot juice from which the nitrates were
extracted.
This study showed that the blood-pressure-lowering-effect
was recorded due to the presence of nitrates rather than other beetroot
components. The benefits of beetroot were seen within one hour and they reached
the maximum level after 4 hours of intake. This research proved that beetrootjuice is effective to reduce high blood pressure and it works similar to a prescribed
anti-hypertension medication medicine.
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