Vegetables tend to lower blood pressure. Obviously, the profuse nutritional value associated with vegetables like celery provide unprecedented health advantages that naturally lower blood pressure, promote healthy cholesterol levels, encourage optimum cardiovascular function, in addition to catalyzing metabolism, thereby stabilizing weight, further facilitating longevity. Hence, a balanced dietary consumption of vegetables proves vital and indispensable to sustaining long-term health.
The superior nutritional quality of vegetables remains a well-known fact, evident to many reasonably intelligent, educated people in affluent societies. They contain an abundant source of various vitamins, minerals, nutrients, powerful anti-oxidants, and fiber, plus few calories, characteristics that collectively help to lower blood pressure.
For example, the copious combination of vitamins K, C, B6, potassium, calcium, magnesium dietary fiber, and iron present in celery, simultaneously accompanied by only 19 calories, serve as catalysts that contribute considerably to lowered blood pressure. Why?
Well, these components provide numerous cardiovascular benefits, and anything healthy for the heart and veins proves equally beneficial to blood pressure. Blood pressure rises proportionately with added stress, in much the same way that heart irregularities emerge during moments of distress.
So, stabilizing blood pressure tends to regulate the heart, and vice versa. Vitamins, minerals, and nutrients nourish the body, furnishing it with sufficient energy to counteract stress. However, celery also contains other less apparent, health conducive properties which tend to diminish high blood pressure and encourage healthy maintenance. These other less known chemical properties, such as phthalides, coumarins, and apigenin which tend to facilitate lowered blood pressure. Therefore, incorporating celery into your regular dietary regimen, as part of a balanced, comprehensive nutritional source, may indeed help lower blood pressure for individuals who suffer from hypertension.
Phthalide:
Many hypertension (high blood pressure) sufferers remain oblivious to perhaps the most significant ingredient present in celery, phthalide. Phthalides constitute an active compound within the chemical composition of celery.
Article comments
1 - Pasty Muncher
Blood pressure aside I am astonished how many books listed above focus on celery
2 - Pasty Muncher
I did come across this helpful blood pressure information - watch out for the salt!
3 - Rita C
Good stuff. The thing I remember about celery before this came out - "It takes as many calories to consume, as exist in the portion". So, I like the fact that it;s good for you and you lose weight and control blood pressure all at the same time. I am Italian and bipolar, that's why my blog is called Bipolaroni. Some cooking tips there too> rit
4 - Phillip Winn
Rita, that bit about celery being a net-zero-calorie food is, while true, not as helpful as you might hope.
As far as blood pressure goes, my own experience (on the advice of my doctor) suggests that the #1 thing people can do to lower their blood pressure is to EXERCISE. Salt, again, not as much a factor as you might think.
5 - Rita
Hi Phil and thanks. I did read the article you had referenced before. I wasn't imagining celery would turn my life around, and, my friends usually add salt to my great home made dishes!
Ciao!
Rita