Power Food: High Blood Pressure-Lowering Smoothie

Today’s article may leave you a little hungry. We’re talking “Power Foods” for dropping high blood pressure.

We’ll include a fun and delicious 4-ingredient smoothie recipe that will help drop your blood pressure, naturally.

When you think of smoothies, one common fruit comes to mind immediately – banana. This is a key ingredient because of its texture and how well it blends with other foods.

If you want your smoothie sweeter, you don’t have to add sugar, just use more ripe bananas.

And what goes best with banana? Two incredible Power Foods: blueberry and strawberry.

Scientists have long praised berries, especially blueberries, for their freakish strength in beating back health problems. They are jam-packed with antioxidants and are also delicious.

Strawberries are no slouch, either. This little red powerhouse delivers sweetness, fiber, and a good dose of antioxidant as well.

The final ingredient in most smoothies is yogurt. But we recommend using plain, unsweetened yogurt to avoid all the excess sugar and to still have the benefit of probiotics.

For the perfect Power Food smoothie, you will need:

• 1 cup each of blueberries, strawberries, and plain yogurt
• 1 banana
• Blender

Toss the 4 ingredients into a blender and puree until smooth and creamy.

For variety, you can also add a cup of ice to make it more of a slushy drink. To get your vegetables in without actually having to eat them off a plate, try tossing them into the blender. Add a cup of washed baby spinach or even a kale leaf. The flavors of the fruits help overpower the taste of vegetables that you may not like as much.

For an even bigger impact, toss in half a beet. Studies have shown that systolic blood pressure will come down by an average of 8 mmHg within 10 minutes of consuming the juice of a half cup of beetroot.

And if this isn’t enough to bring your blood pressure down to an optimal level, discover how 3 easy exercises drop high blood pressure below 120/80 – starting today…