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Juicing for high blood pressure could be the answer you are looking for. You may not know if you have high blood pressure as sometimes there are no symptoms at all but if not kept in check can lead to heart disease and strokes. That's scary, so it's a good idea if you are over 30 years of age to get your blood pressure monitored now and again.

Factors which may mean you could develop high blood pressure are:

• Poor diet
• To much salt in your diet
• To much alcohol in your diet
• You are overweight
• You are diabetic
• You don't take regular exercise
• Advancing age

So What is High Blood Pressure ?

First of all you breathe the air into your lungs; from there it oxygenates the blood which is pumped by the heart all round your body using your arteries which are blood vessels. Once the oxgen has been used by the body it is pumped back to your lungs to receive more. When the heart pumps the blood, the walls of the heart contract and this is known as systolic. When the heart relaxes this is known as diastolic. When the doctor takes your blood pressure he measures both these actions.

Potassium and Calcium

There is some evidence to suggest that potassium and calcium is an effective way of lowering your blood pressure. These can be found in the following fruit and vegetables. Try mixing and matching fruit and veg to make your own cocktail juices for high blood pressure.

Juicing for High Blood Pressure : fruits

bananas - cranberry - grape - grapefruit - kiwi - melon - orange - pineapple - raspberry - strawberry

Juicing for High Blood Pressure : vegetables

avocado - beetroot - broccoli - carrot - celery - cucumber - ginger - parsnip - peppers - spinach - tomato

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Fab Carrots and Apple

• 3 carrots
• 1 apple
• 1 medium sized beetroot
• 5 spinach leaves

Juice all together and enjoy

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Summer Glass

• half melon
• 4 kiwi fruit
• 1 stick celery
• 5 strawberries
• 1tsp honey (optional)

Juice the fruit stirring in the honey afterwards. Pour into a glass with ice and enjoy.