How Beetroot Juice Can Help Lower Blood Pressure | Fusion - WeRIndia

High blood pressure is a problem for both young and old. More young people now face this issue due to poor diet, lack of exercise, stress, and family history.

Sedentary habits and junk food add to the problem, raising the number of young people with high blood pressure.

Scientists recently found that beetroot juice might be a simple way to manage blood pressure. Drinking just one glass a day, about 250 ml, made a big difference in a recent study.

Beetroot juice contains something called dietary nitrates. These nitrates turn into nitric oxide in the body, which helps relax blood vessels. When blood vessels are relaxed, it makes blood flow easier, which helps lower blood pressure.

The study, done by Queen Mary University in London, involved people with high blood pressure. These people drank beetroot juice every day for a month.

Their blood pressure dropped back to a normal range during this period. However, once they stopped drinking the juice, their blood pressure began to rise again.

This means that to keep blood pressure low, they needed to keep drinking beetroot juice regularly.

In this study, the researchers split the group into two: half of the group got real beetroot juice, and the other half got a fake juice that looked the same.

Only the people who drank real beetroot juice saw a clear drop in their blood pressure. The results were similar to what some medicines do, but without any side effects.

The lead researcher, Professor Amrita Ahluwalia, explained that this shows daily nitrate intake is key for heart health. She suggested eating more leafy greens and beetroots, as they contain natural nitrates.

She also advised against boiling these vegetables, since boiling can remove the helpful nitrates. Instead, steaming or roasting keeps the nutrients.

This research gives hope that a simple daily glass of beetroot juice might help control blood pressure naturally.

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Image published on March 18, 2021

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