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Everyone knows that eating fruits and vegetables is the best thing for lowering blood pressure.<\/p>\nEveryone knows that eating fruits and vegetables is the best thing for lowering blood pressure.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s true \u2013 in most cases.<\/p>\n
But there is one particular case where specific fruits and vegetables can actually raise your blood pressure by almost 5 points in two hours, and you must avoid this at all costs.<\/p>\n
In a study from the Environmental Health Center at the Seoul National University College of Medicine in Korea, scientists wanted to find out what effects bisphenol A, a chemical used in most plastic containers and for lining food and beverage cans, had on blood pressure.<\/p>\n
They published their study in the journal Hypertension<\/em>.<\/p>\n The scientists split their participants into three groups, one that received two canned beverages, one that received two glass-bottled beverages, and one that received one canned and one glass-bottled beverage.<\/p>\n They then measured the participant\u2019s blood pressure and heart rate two hours after the consumption of each beverage and calculated their daily blood pressure averages.<\/p>\n The results were stunning! People who drank two canned beverages per day experienced an increase of 4.5 mm Hg increase in blood pressure \u2013 this amount was enough to push many people over the limit and have hypertension.<\/p>\n Several previous studies also revealed similar results.<\/p>\n It\u2019s therefore essential that you only store fruits, vegetables and other types of food from containers marked \u201cBPA free.\u201d<\/p>\n However, this may not always be possible. Therefore, you would also need to take action to lower your blood pressure naturally.<\/p>\n The best ways to get your blood pressure under control are these 3 easy exercises that are guaranteed to bring your blood pressure below 120\/80 \u2013 starting today\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everyone knows that eating fruits and vegetables is the best thing for lowering blood pressure. And that\u2019s true \u2013 in most cases. But there is one particular case where specific fruits and vegetables can actually raise your blood pressure by almost 5 points in two hours, and you must avoid this at all costs. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":19913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"Everyone knows that eating fruits and vegetables is the best thing for lowering blood pressure.\r\n\r\nAnd that\u2019s true \u2013 in most cases.\r\n\r\nBut there is one particular case where specific fruits and vegetables can actually raise your blood pressure by almost 5 points in two hours, and you must avoid this at all costs.\r\n\r\nIn a study from the Environmental Health Center at the Seoul National University College of Medicine in Korea, scientists wanted to find out what effects bisphenol A, a chemical used in most plastic containers and for lining food and beverage cans, had on blood pressure.\r\n\r\nThey published their study in the journal Hypertension<\/em>.\r\n\r\nThe scientists split their participants into three groups, one that received two canned beverages, one that received two glass-bottled beverages, and one that received one canned and one glass-bottled beverage.\r\n\r\nThey then measured the participant\u2019s blood pressure and heart rate two hours after the consumption of each beverage and calculated their daily blood pressure averages.\r\n\r\nThe results were stunning! People who drank two canned beverages per day experienced an increase of 4.5 mm Hg increase in blood pressure \u2013 this amount was enough to push many people over the limit and have hypertension.\r\n\r\nSeveral previous studies also revealed similar results.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s therefore essential that you only store fruits, vegetables and other types of food from containers marked \u201cBPA free.\u201d\r\n\r\nHowever, this may not always be possible. 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