Study: Beetroot Helps Beat Hypertension
Submitted by News Account on 5 February 2008 -
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In demonstrating that nitrate is likely to underlie the cardio-protective effect of a vegetable-rich diet, researchers at Barts and The London School of Medicine have discovered that drinking just 500ml of beetroot juice a day can significantly reduce blood pressure.
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Study: Beetroot Helps Beat Hypertension | Scientific Blogging
Beetroot is used a lot on sandwiches and hamburgers in Australia.
MacDonald's even had a time when it replaced its awful pickle with
Beetroot .
Still 500mls a day is a lot even for an Ozzie
Dr. Duke comes up with
Pineapple as another plant high in nitrate. that is often put on REAL hamburgers here too.
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Dr. Duke's
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
Plants Containing NITRATE
Ordered by quantity
Species Part Quantity Reference
Ananas comosus (L.) MERR. -- Pineapple Fruit 1,200 ppm DUKE1992A
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