Good news for hypertensives: a glass of beet juice can significantly reduce blood pressure, British researchers believe.

The Chronicle writes about this. Info referring to medobzor.

Researchers from Barts together with colleagues from the London School of Medicine and Dentistry studied the effect of beets on blood pressure indicators for many years. The dose of beet juice in 250 ml is able to quickly reduce high blood pressure values ??- an average of 10 mm of mercury (mm Hg. Art.. The most pronounced hypotensive effect occurs after 5 hours and persists for 24 hours.

Scientists explain this by saying that nitrates contained in beets expand the blood vessels: "We were surprised at how little nitrate is required to get such a significant effect. Nitrates are, naturally, in the soil, where they are absorbed through the roots of root crops and stored in vegetables.

We hope that an increase in the consumption of vegetables with a high content of nitrates - first of all green leafy vegetables or beets - will become an accessible method of preventing cardiovascular diseases ". This is very important, since in the absence of treatment, hypertension increases the risk of heart attack or stroke.

The new results confirm the relevance of the recommendations on healthy nutrition, according to which everyone should eat a lot of fresh vegetables - summarized by Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director of the British Heart Foundation, which funded the study.

Source: News Yu.

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