Many suffer from the problem of high blood pressure, which causes serious diseases in the heart and arteries, and the problem of high pressure is considered one of the chronic problems of the present age and is limited only to the elderly, but also young people suffer from it because of stress and the pressures of continuous life. But a new American scientific study came to confirm that the phenolic acid, which cherry juice contains, is very effective in treating the problem of high pressure or high blood pressure.
According to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, cherries help lower blood pressure. Cherries contain many phenolic acids that can improve the function of the lining of blood vessels (the ones that hold blood inside the blood vessels) and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Researchers from Northumbria University in the United States conducted a study on 15 men, in which they measured their blood pressure, as men are more likely than women to have high blood pressure problems. All participants showed signs of high blood pressure.
Half of the group drank cherry juice (60ml in 100ml of water). The second group drank fruit juice. Three hours later, the scientists measured the volunteers' blood pressure.
The results of this study showed that men who drank cherry juice reduced their blood pressure by about 7 percent after 3 hours of drinking the juice.
As a result, scientists announced that cherry juice reduces the risk of stroke by 38 percent and myocardial infarction by 23 percent.
'These effects are similar to those of antihypertensive drugs,' says Dr. Karen Kayani, lead author of the study.
Researchers attribute these health effects of cherry juice to its high content of several phenolic acids that fruits contain.
This new study shows the health benefits of cherries, a fruit known to have a powerful effect on reducing gout attacks, and as a natural hypnotic as well.
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