The actual reasons for high blood pressure or hypertension are yet to be known. But what is known is the fact that it is a threatening health condition that can be the precursor of other heart and cardiovascular ailments. In some cases, it can even lead to heart failure.

At present around 25% of the world’s population has high blood pressure and the percentage will increase to an alarming 29% by 2025. Hypertension in turn leads to stroke and coronary heart diseases. Thus high blood pressure can be a life threatening situation. Although medications control this condition, there is a home remedy that can do wonders to keep your blood pressure in check.

Homemade beetroot juice is a natural cure for this condition. Beetroot is a common vegetable that has dark red color. For juicing it you will need a juicer and some fresh and raw beetroots. Beetroot or simply beet has several nutrients and its juice provides you all those nutrients in concentrated form.

The component responsible
However, beetroot contains a chemical that cuts the risk of blood pressure. It is nitrate that lowers blood pressure. When you will juice out beetroot through your juicer, nitrate will be extracted in ample amount. Drinking beetroot juice will result in a short-term decrease in blood pressure. It might also interest you to know that nitrate is also a component of green and leafy vegetables like lettuce, spinach etc.

Is nitrate present in other vegetable juices?
The only difference is that for the effects of beetroot juice, a study has been conducted after which a short term decrease in blood pressure was monitored. If the same research is replicated using other vegetables then there will be substantial data to prove their effect. For now, the presence of nitrate in beetroot juice is confirmed and people having hypertension can take beetroot juice as a home remedy. 

Other advantages of beetroot juice
Drinking beetroot juice is not so common but if you want a healthy lifestyle, you might want to make beetroot juice a part of your diet. It keeps high blood pressure under control but that’s not all. Even healthy individuals can make beetroot juice from their juice extractor. The nitrate present in beetroot juice will prevent endothelial malfunction and platelet aggregation even in healthy individuals. Above all, drinking beetroot juice is a natural and a low cost way to treat cardiovascular diseases.