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A recent study by the US Department of Agriculture showed a tasty juice to be effective at reducing pre-hypertensive blood pressure levels to normal in 8 weeks.<\/p>\nA recent study by the US Department of Agriculture showed a tasty juice to be effective at reducing pre-hypertensive blood pressure levels to normal in 8 weeks.<\/p>\n
What is the juice, which incidentally can be found on most any grocery or health food store shelf?<\/p>\n
The gift of cranberries seems to keep on giving, with their powerful antioxidants taking on the worst a body can do to itself.<\/p>\n
Most people who have had trouble with urinary tract infections have already been told the virtues of drinking cranberry juice, but recently a study by the USDA has shown that it can knock pre-hypertensive people out of the danger zone in just 8 weeks.<\/p>\n
Participants were divided into 2 groups- one drinking unsweetened cranberry juice (not cranberry cocktail) and those drinking a placebo which was similar in calories, taste, color, and vitamin C content.<\/p>\n
What they found was that the average blood pressure levels went down from 121\/73mmHG to 118\/70mmHG for the juice drinkers when changing nothing else in the diet.<\/p>\n
Powerful antioxidants are thought to be the source of the great benefits, and experts concluded that it doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s sweetened, unsweetened, or low-calorie. As long as it has a high concentration of pure cranberry juice, benefits can be seen.<\/p>\n