Adding the beet in the diet to prevent high blood pressure, writes medikforum.
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High blood pressure (hypertension) is caused by a complex of factors, one of which - excessive salt intake.
Scientists from the US and the Czech Republic conducted an experiment on rats, which showed that beetroot juice, rich in nitrates, reduces blood pressure, which is caused by excessive intake of salty foods.
The study, published in the journal "Hypertension» (Hypertension), showed that a small amount of beet and other products containing nitrates, can prevent the increase in blood pressure caused by the consumption of salt.
Study
"In this study, scientists from the University of California, San Francisco, Michigan State University and the Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, gave rats susceptible to salt, a small amount of beet juice. Another group of salt-sensitive rats received little dietary nitrate contained in the roots and leafy vegetables such as celery, lettuce and spinach. The results showed that both the juice and nitrate additives were more than 100 times more effective than potassium, salt induced in preventing high blood pressure in rats "- writes edition Food. News.
Why beet reduces the pressure?
Beet rich dietary nitrate (NO3), which the body turns into a biologically active nitrate (NO2) and nitric oxide (NO). Nitric oxide is responsible for relaxed and dilated blood vessels.
Experts advise people who are considering the possibility of increasing the daily intake of nitrates, avoid cooking vegetables, because nitrate dissolved in water. Instead, they recommend steamed, roast or cook juices from vegetables rich in nitrates.
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