In a small study published recently
in the Journal of Hypertension, a rare event happened where every single one of
the participants were able to normalize their blood pressure- without drugs-
using nothing but a common fruit extract.
What is more amazing is the extract
used and where it comes from. It’s a fruit so common in the summer it’s almost
a crime not to eat it at picnics, at least in the US…
It is typical to have at least one
or two participants in a study this size to not show the results the others do,
so when all 9 participants showed the same result, researchers were happily
amazed.
They took a group of men and women
who had elevated blood pressure and gave them an extract from watermelon,
called L-citrulline, in the amount of 6 grams every day for 6 weeks.
The extract has an effect called
improved aortic hemodynamics, and all 9 participants showed evidence of this at
the conclusion of the study, lowering their blood pressure to normal without
making any other changes in lifestyle or diet.
Watermelon is an inexpensive summer
fruit that is widely available all across the US at all seasons.
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