This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Dr Chris Steele shares diet tips on reducing blood pressure A tasty red drink could help lower high blood pressure, according to studies. Also known as hypertension, high blood pressure is a potentially dangerous condition thought to affect around one in three adults in the UK.
If you have high blood pressure it means your heart has to work harder than usual to pump blood around your body. Over time this puts extra pressure on the heart, blood vessels and other organs. And if not treated it can have serious consequences, with high blood pressure linked to medical emergencies such as strokes and heart attacks.
Diet is known to be a major contributing factor for hypertension, with foods high in salt one of the major culprits. READ MORE Expert on the six red flag symptoms of mpox as disease found in Europe Beetroot juice is shown to have blood pressure-lowering properties (Image: Getty) This is because salt helps the body to hold on to water, driving the blood pressure up. However, what we eat and drink can also have the opposite effect.
According to research a drink made from a root vegetable could slash your blood pressure reading, if consumed daily. A team from Queen Mary University of London found that drinking beetroot juice daily had a significant effect on blood pressure. In a study, published in Hypertension journal in 2015, they found that a 250ml glass of be.