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How To Use Grapefruit to Lower High Blood Pressure
Heart disease is the number one killer of
women.
If you are a women, and
even if your not, here is what you need to start doing.
The food you eat is critical in determining if you will have
high blood pressure and if you can lower it. Eating less meat and
eating more fruits and vegetables can lower your blood
pressure.
High blood pressure occurs when fats, cholesterol, and nutrients
in the food you eat start to accumulate along your artery walls.
This narrowing of your arteries restricts the flow of your blood,
increases your blood pressure and making you more susceptible to
heart attacks and strokes.
If you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or high
trigylcerides, grapefruit has been found to reduce the effects of
these conditions.
So which is better yellow or red grapefruit? Well, in a study
made where
people who had a history of high
cholesterol, those that ate the red grapefruit had the most
effect in lower their blood pressure. The yellow also lowered
blood pressure but not as much as the red grapefruit.
It was found in this study that grapefruit had a better effect
in lowering blood pressure than statin drugs.
Red grapefruit are extra high in anti-oxidants and these
nutrients are able to reduce your trigylcerides: the yellow are
not.
Eat the red grapefruit when available and when it is not eat the
yellow. Eat at least one - two per day.
If you eat ½ just before
your meal or drink a glass of fresh grapefruit, you can expect to
lose 1 or 2 lbs during the month. By eating 2 grapefruits a day
expect to lose more weight.
Eating grapefruit has many health benefits, but one other is in
controlling your insulin level. Studies have shown that those that
eat grapefruits have lower insulin and glucose levels in their
blood.
It is believed by researchers that grapefruit enzymes help to
control insulin increases that happen after you eat. These enzymes
help digest your food better and this results in less nutrients
being stored as fat.
Grapefruit has also been found to be caner preventative. It's
the phytonutrients - antioxidants - and especially lycopene that
has been found helpful in preventing cancer.
Grapefruits are high in fiber,
vitamin C,
Vitamin A, and antioxidants -
carotenoids, limonoid glucosides, flavonones.
You can buy red and yellow grapefruits from November to May here
in the US. If you don't have any in your area go online and order
some.
CAUTION: If you are on any drugs, do not eat grapefruits in
combination with taking drugs.
Grapefruit enhances the effect of
drugs and can cause symptoms of overdose.
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Title: How To Use Grapefruit to Lower High Blood Pressure By:
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