KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Not only does it contain lots of fiber, drinking fruit and vegetable juices can help lower high blood pressure. Here are five fruit and vegetable juices that are effective in lowering your high blood pressure.
You must be no stranger to high blood pressure. Yes, high blood pressure is generally suffered by the people of the country.
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Just so you know, high blood pressure can affect anyone, not men, women, old and young.
A person is said to have high blood pressure when the blood pressure is above 180/120. A person suffering from high blood pressure must be treated immediately.
This is because high blood pressure can lead to chronic diseases such as stroke and heart disease.
Quoting from Kompas.com, High blood pressure is caused by an unhealthy lifestyle such as smoking, consuming alcoholic beverages, not exercising, eating foods that contain high salt.
In addition, a person suffers from high blood pressure due to heredity, being overweight, age, and stress.
Generally, to lower high blood pressure a person takes medication from a doctor.
Fruit and vegetable juices to lower high blood pressure
Usually people with high blood pressure take medicines from doctors to lower their blood pressure.
Are you suffering from high blood pressure?
You can consume fruit and vegetable juices to reduce high blood pressure. This fruit and vegetable juice is a solution for those of you who are reluctant to take medication from a doctor.
You need to know, there are quite a lot of fruits and vegetables that have the property of lowering high blood pressure.
Apart from being able to lower high blood pressure, fruit juice also contains fiber which is good for your digestion.
Here are fruit and vegetable juices that can effectively lower your high blood pressure.
1. Star fruit juice
Star fruit has a sweet taste and contains a lot of water. Generally, star fruit is used as an ingredient in rujak.
Quoting from the book entitled 9 Sakti Fruit & Vegetables against Disease by Agus Suwanto, star fruit is rich in vitamin A and vitamin C which play a role in increasing endurance.
In addition, star fruit also contains high potassium and low sodium. Containing potassium makes star fruit useful as a fruit that lowers high blood pressure.
Here are the ingredients and how to make star fruit juice to lower high blood pressure, which is quoted from a book entitled 202 Fruit and Vegetable Juices.
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- Star fruit 100 grams
- 3 tablespoons of lime juice
- 1/2 cup water
- 3/4 cup fine shaved ice
You wash the star fruit and cut it into small pieces. You put all the ingredients in a blender and then blend. You drink starfruit juice immediately when it is still cold.
2. Tomato and garlic juice
Quoting from a book entitled Hypertension Free With Juice, tomato juice with garlic is effective in reducing high blood pressure and being overweight.
As information, garlic contains potassium which plays a role in controlling blood pressure in the body.
Not only effective in lowering blood pressure, garlic can also reduce bad cholesterol levels and is good for heart health.
You can make this high blood pressure reliever juice yourself at home, here are the guidelines.
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- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 tomatoes (medium size)
- 1 tablespoon raisins
- 1/2 cup boiled water
You blend the garlic, tomatoes, raisins and water until smooth. After everything is mixed, you can immediately drink it until it runs out.
3. Noni juice
Quoting from the book Atlas of Indonesian Medicinal Plants by Setiawan Dalimartha, noni fruit contains many active compounds including alkaloids, polysaccharide, coumarin, linoleic, and sterol.
In addition, noni fruit is also rich in vitamin C, vitamin A and carotene.
Noni fruit is astringent, removes moisture, increases bone strength, urine laxative, menstrual laxative, blood purifier. Not only that, noni fruit is also anti-cancer, cough reliever, anti-inflammatory fever reliever, antibacterial, laxative, and antiseptic.
Quoting from the official website of the Agricultural Research and Development Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, noni fruit contains scopoletin which functions to regulate blood pressure.
Making noni juice for high blood pressure medication is quite easy. Quoting from a book entitled Hypertension Free With Juice, here are the ingredients and how to make noni juice.
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- Noni ripe (old enough) 1 fruit
You wash the noni fruit thoroughly and then blend until smooth. You filter the noni fruit juice then drink it immediately.
4. Apple juice with carrots
Quoting from a book entitled Hypertension Free with Juice, carrot apple juice is believed to be effective in reducing high blood pressure.
This is because apples contain potassium, phosphorus and magnesium. As information, potassium is a substance that controls blood pressure and maintains body fluid balance.
Apart from that, apples are also rich in fiber and low in fat. This makes apples good for lowering cholesterol and improving digestion.
How to make carrot apple juice for high blood pressure medication is quite easy, see the ingredients and drinking rules below.
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- 79 grams of red apple or 1/2 medium fruit
- 1/2 lime
- 4 wuluh starfruit
- 50 grams of carrots
- Air 100 ml
You wash all the ingredients above and put them in the blender. You puree all these ingredients then drink immediately.
5. Banana Juice
Quoting from a book entitled Hypertension Free with Juice, bananas are good for consumption by people with high blood pressure. Therefore, bananas contain potassium which functions to lower blood pressure.
In addition, potassium in bananas functions to maintain water balance in the body, maintain heart health, and help circulate oxygen to the brain.
To feel the benefits of bananas as high blood pressure, you can simply make banana juice added with several other ingredients.
Here’s a recipe for making banana juice for high blood pressure medication
- 1 oil banana or 100 grams
- 1/2 lime
- 1 tablespoon raisins
- 1/2 cup water
You mix all the ingredients then blend until smooth. You drink the banana juice immediately.
You can choose one of the juices above to lower high blood pressure. Attention, you must make high blood pressure lowering juice according to a recipe for the benefits to be felt.
In addition, you must live a healthy lifestyle so that blood pressure is controlled.
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