Lower blood pressure with Watermelon

Watermelon

Besides its a nice salad, watermelon fruit can be eaten as dessert. Even now, a study conducted by researchers at the University of Florida said food, watermelon fruit effective against hypertension.

This is the first study in humans. Assistant Professor Arturo Figueroa and Bahram H. Arjmandi found that the watermelon L-citrulline/L-arginine extract contains amino acids that, when consumed as much as 6 grams per day, can improve artery function and gradually be able to lower blood pressure. The study was conducted to the subject of four men and five women of menopausal age of 51-57 years. So that was reported by the Times of India on Wednesday (12/15/2010).

"We are the first researchers to the progress of arterial function in patients with hypertension who are the main factors of heart attacks and strokes by the content of watermelon know," said Arturo.

"This reinforces us in our future research will ikutsertakan more subjects in the study," he added.

The results of this study will be published in the American Journal of Hypertension.

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