Not only apples that can protect the body from various diseases, kiwi fruit can also be a friend of blood pressure control. High blood pressure a frightening specter, especially for those who have more than 40 years. Everyone starts trying to keep blood pressure at normal levels, if it rises a little, a lot of complaints arising from the neck aches, dizziness and even greater risk of heart disease is, the number 1 killer in the world.
If you are experiencing problems of high blood pressure, the results of this study can be a delicious alternative, that is by eating kiwi. Launched by newsmaxhealth, a study on the benefits of kiwi to lower blood pressure led by Mette Svendsen of the University Hospital Oslo, Norway. Involving 18 subjects, average age 55 years and has a slightly high blood pressure.
The volunteers were divided into two groups. The first group was asked to eat three kiwi fruit per day in the daily menu, while the other group was asked to eat an apple every day. After eight weeks, researchers found that the group taking the kiwi has a lower blood pressure than those who ate an apple.
Not only that, diastolic blood pressure was also lower in the group taking the kiwi. Not clear what makes a kiwi can lower blood pressure, but researchers suspect that the content of lutein in the kiwi that are antioxidants play an important role in reducing high blood pressure person.
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