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Lower Your Blood Pressure with Beets

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I’ve written many times about the benefits of juicing. Especially for people who have a hard time with their digestion, or who for some reason should be cutting down on their fiber, juicing is an effective method of getting nutrients into your system. But what you may not know is that beet juice can help to lower your blood pressure.

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London confirmed earlier evidence that beet juice can be a very effective tool to help lower blood pressure. High blood pressure was returned to normal levels within just 24 hours when individuals were given just 250 mL (just slightly over 8 ounces or 1 cup) of beet juice daily.

We’ve known for some time that beet juice is rich in the nutrient betaine and is able to reduce homocysteine levels in the blood. Betaine is sometimes referred to as trimethylglycine or TMG.

Beet juice is also a good source of nitrate. This gas—which is converted by your body into the gas nitric oxide—relaxes the small smooth muscles in the walls of blood vessels, causing them to dilate and resulting in increased blood flow.

Beet juice provides an effect very similar to nitroglycerin tablets. Nitroglycerin was first used to relieve heart disease around 1890, after workers in dynamite factories found that their angina was relieved while they were at work. When Alfred Nobel (the inventor of dynamite, the person who discovered how to use nitroglycerin safely as a detonator, and the individual who started the Nobel Prize program) was prescribed the compound for his angina problems, he initially refused to take it, knowing that overexposure to nitroglycerin could cause pounding headaches. He later relented, to his relief.

If you’re looking for a safe, natural way to lower blood pressure, beet juice is a viable option. As I’ve mentioned before, beet juice is a powerful detoxifier of the liver. If you’ve never used beet juice I would suggest starting with only a few ounces and building up to a cup over a week or so. I’ve seen severely toxic individuals become overwhelmed with the effects of toxic material release after consuming large amounts of beet juice.

If you’re making your own beet juice, start first by combining 2 or 3 ounces with an equal amount of carrot juice and then gradually increase the proportion of beet juice.

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