Eating more fruits and vegetables can help lower your blood pressure, but one nutrient-packed berry stands out.
In addition to medication, dietary changes can help you manage your high blood pressure.
Read on to find outand learn the science behind how fruit can lower your blood pressure.
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Blueberries for Blood Pressure Management
When adding more fruit to your plate, considerblueberries.
Need some convincing to eat more blueberries?
The powder equivalent to fresh is roughly 1.25 cups of wild blueberries.
Blueberries are rich in a specific group of flavonoids called anthocyanins.
They’re actually what give the berries their deep blue pigment.
(They’re found in red and purple plants, too.)
Optimize your intake of anthocyanins by choosing wild blueberries, which have even higher anthocyanin levels than cultivated blueberries.
If you could’t find them fresh, pick up the frozen kind.
They’re just as good.
Or try dried or freeze-dried blueberries for a snack.
Fruit offers many good-for-you nutrients such as fiber, potassium and antioxidants that can help lower your blood pressure.
