Around a third of all adults in the UK have the condition – also known as hypertension – which can put a serious extra strain on the body if left untreated.
High blood pressure can lay a harmful groundwork to heart attacks and strokes, but new research suggests how a daily small glass of a common drink could help.
Around a third of all adults in the UK have the condition – also known as hypertension – which can put serious extra strain on the body if left untreated. But a study, published in the PLOS ONE journal, suggests how fruit juice can bring a blood pressure reading down.
It doesn’t really matter whether it’s apple or orange – just make sure you go for the 100 per cent fruit option. Based on 93 previous studies, the new research assessed a dozen different sugar-containing foods to help understand how dietary choices affect hypertension.
The research team from the University of Toronto found that a modest amount of fruit juice led to average ‘small important reductions’. The juice that contained only natural sugar was able to shave off 3.7mmHg of systolic blood pressure, the pressure inside arteries when the heart is beating.