Hypertension or high blood pressure affects the functioning of the heart causing heart diseases and eventually failure of the heart. One will have to have medication constantly to keep this level within control. Apart from medicines, people having high blood pressure can also have home-made medicines for lowering it.
Beetroot is considered the best natural food that can check increase in blood pressure. These dark colored roots can be had raw, sautéed, boiled, as a juice or stewed. 'Betaine' which is found in beet is the substance which provides many health benefits like fighting against harmful acids in the body which can cause heart diseases, prevents deposition of fat on liver, avoids disorder in blood circulation, lowers high level of blood pressure, treats decrease in level of acids in the stomach and prevents other diseases like anemia, cancer, skin problems, digestive problems, or defects at birth. Betaine gets active by nutrients like folic acid and different vitamins.
Beetroot contains 'nitrate' in plenty. When beet is ingested in forms like juice or raw in salads, this nitrate improves the health of the heart and reduces the chances of getting heart diseases.
Beetroot juice can be extracted by putting washed and peeled beetroot in the blender, straining and consuming it without additives. One glass of this juice measuring up to 250 ml consumed by hypertensive patients will lower blood pressure. One should also bear in mind that a cup of this juice contains almost 100 calories and 25 g of carbohydrates. Hence, the food intake along with beetroot juice should balance the calorie and carbohydrate levels accordingly.
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