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Beet juice can help lower high blood pressure

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Dietary nitrate provides sustained blood pressure lowering in hypertensive patients: a randomized, phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

doi:10.1161/hypertensionaha.114.04675
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Methodology score · 82/100

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What’s the bottom line?

Drinking beet juice every day for a month helps the body make a natural chemical that opens up blood vessels, which lowers blood pressure.

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Authors

Kapil V, Khambata RS, Robertson A, Caulfield MJ, Ahluwalia A