Reduce Your Blood Pressure with
Cucumber Juice! When it comes to cucumber, most of us just throw
a few on our salad at lunch or dinner and call it good. Some of
us probably use them to reduce puffiness around the eyes fore
often than we actually eat them. If you want the real benefit of
cucumbers, take them off your eyes and pop them into the juicer
(not the same ones!) Cucumber juice can help with your skin,
just like slices, but its actually more beneficial in reducing
your high blood pressure. So, before you go on a dangerous blood
pressure medicine, or if your meds arent working as well as
they should, try drinking a nice, tall glass of refreshing
cucumber juice.
There was a study done recently that showed foods high in
potassium, magnesium and fiber can reduce blood pressure. In
combination with a healthy diet these foods reduced study
participants systolic blood pressure by 5 points and their
diastolic blood pressure by 3.5 points. So whats this have to
do with cucumber? Well, cucumbers are not only high in these
three nutrients; theyre also a significant source of Vitamins A
and K, folate, caffeic acid, and silica. They also contain a
significant amount of Vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant that may
also help to lower blood pressure.
Since cucumber juice isnt exactly a high demand product, your
best bet for quality is to make your own. Making your own juice
is great with any fruit or vegetable because you know whats
going into your juice and you know its fresh and full of live,
active enzymes. Cucumber is great for juicing because the water
content is so high within the pulp; however, this means that
most of the nutrients are actually contained within the skin.
You should buy unwaxed cucumber if possible because waxed
cucumbers generally require pealing, removing valuable nutrient
content. Get your cucumbers from the refrigerated section of the
grocery store and make sure to put them in your fridge when you
get home. They dont stay fresh very long, so dont wait longer
than a day or two to juice them. Try to choose cucumbers that
are firm, rounded, and that have a bright to dark green color.
These are the best quality and will give you the best results.
If you want the benefits of cucumber juice, but just dont think
you can stand the taste, try mixing it with other juices. Carrot
and Celery juices can both taste great when mixed with cucumber,
plus they have great benefits of their own. If neither or those
juices spark your fancy, use your imagination and start mixing.
You probably dont want to go too crazy, but if you can find a
combination you like the taste of, youre more likely to
actually bother drinking the juice everyday.
In addition to lowering your blood pressure, cucumbers can
improve your skin, help grow hair, nails, and teeth, and even
clean out your kidney. So, if you want to reduce your blood
pressure while also promoting other factors of good health, why
dont you try throwing a few cucumbers in your juicer?