Blue berries natural blood pressure reduction
An English research team discovered a natural method to lower blood pressure: blue berries. The daily consumption of 200 grams of a similar lowering effect on blood pressure as conventional drugs against hypertension had blueberries in the studied Participants in the study. The blueberries can be consumed for the effect as a juice.
Researchers from the Kings College in London showed in a study that blue berries to the natural reduction of blood pressure and the daily consumption of the vessels pulls an improvement in the blood. In the course of a month, the blood has a reduced pressure in the case of the Participating to five mmHg, after they had a daily juice from 200 grams of blueberries and drink. This is according to the researchers, comparable with what is usually observed in the case of drugs for lowering blood pressure. The results of the study was recently published in the “Journal of Gerontology Series A”.
Blueberries instead of pills
The subjects were assigned, and subjects of the study on every day for a month a drink that made of 200 grams of blueberries in stock. Already two hours after the first dose, the researchers observe the first effects on the blood vessels, which continued through the night until the next day.
Plant dyes produce the blood pressure lowering effect
The researchers came by several control experiments to the conclusion that the high proportion of anthocyanins in the blueberries for blood pressure-lowering effect. Anthocyanins are water-soluble plant pigments that provide fruits for an intense red, purple or blue colour. “The majority of the effects can be explained by anthocyanins,” says the senior nutritionist of the study, Dr Ana Rodriguez-Mateos, a press release of the study results.
In the Whole even better
Besides blueberries also blackberries or elderberries contain, for example, berries are high proportions of plant color substance. Whether these also lead to blood pressure reduction, however, was not verified in the study. To eat also if the juice of the blueberries was not enough to achieve the effect against high blood pressure, recommends Dr. Rodriguez-Mateos is the fruit as a Whole. Because in doing so you have also the full Benefit of the included fibre, minerals and vitamins.
Improved function of blood vessels and lymphatics
In addition to the lowered blood pressure, the research team was able to establish with the Participants was also an improvement in the blood vessels. The plant pigments of the blueberry seem to affect the endothelial cells positive. These cells are found in the inner wall layer of all blood and lymphatic vessels. The researchers suggest these cells play a key role in blood coagulation and in the regulation of blood pressure.
Risk for cardiovascular disease is reduced by 20 percent
“If the changes of the blood vessel functions according to the daily consumption of blueberries reduces the risk of heart disease by up to 20 percent,” says the nutritionist. Thus, the plant pigment anthocyanin is coming as a new way to lower blood pressure naturally. (vb)