Dietitian Yevgeny Arzamastsev named delicious summer drinks that help reduce high blood pressure.
Doctor Arzamastsev spoke in an interview about three drinks , useful for lowering blood pressure, which help diversify the summer diet.
Tea with mint. Mint and other herbs with a sedative effect can be used to make teas with hypotensive effects, the expert explained.
“Herbal teas, which include mint and other soothing herbs, reduce anxiety levels, thereby lowering blood pressure,” Yevgeny Arzamastsev told Moscow 24.
Cranberry juice.According to the doctor, hypertension is associated with fluid retention in the body, and cranberry drinks have a diuretic effect. Promoting the removal of excess fluid, cranberry juice or a decoction of cranberries can help reduce blood pressure.Arzamastsev recalled that hypertensive patients are often recommended to eat foods with potassium. This is no coincidence. Potassium has the ability to lower the level of sodium, a trace element that causes fluid retention in tissues and the associated increase in blood pressure. There is a lot of potassium in the gifts of nature – fruits, vegetables, berries. Drinks from them help to reduce pressure.
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“Drinks containing potassium and magnesium are suitable for normalizing pressure – this can be a decoction of dried fruits: dried apricots, prunes”, – the expert concluded.
Earlier, the portal MedikForum.ru wrote about what drinks should not be consumed in a state of stress.
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Evgeny Arzamastsev healthy lifestyle dietitian, nutritionist