Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Elevated Blood Pressure - Effective Management Of

Oh dear Kat - beetle juice, weeelllllll. <LOL> How's about making up a smoothie with carrots and apple with the beet. Might taste better?

Have fun - an keep us posted (want to know how yr sweetie gets on with the beetles...hehe)

So would a can of beets, juice and all, be good? I could totally do that.
L'Arginine competes with Lysine. I take Lysine for my ocular Herpes. I also have hypertension. Do you know how to take both without them depleting each other?

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/193257.php#opinions

Blood Pressure Lowered By Nitrate In Beetroot Juice

"Blood Pressure Lowered By Nitrate In Beetroot Juice
29 Jun 2010
"The nitrate content of beetroot juice is the underlying cause of its blood pressure lowering benefits, research from Queen Mary University of London reveals. The study, published online in the American Heart Association..."

(Snip...) ""Our previous study two years ago found that drinking beetroot juice lowered blood pressure; now we know how it works."

"The results of the study could pave the way for a natural approach to lowering blood pressure that ultimately may help reduce the currently massive burden of cardiovascular disease on the NHS."

Inorganic Nitrate Supplementation Lowers Blood Pressure in Humans, Kapil et al. is published online in the AHA journal Hypertension on Monday 28 June 2010

Source: Queen Mary, University of London

Copyright: Medical News Today

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Suggested 250ml.

Please go to site and read full article.

Sorry Miki - unable to help out here. will have to ask your doctor...or, probably better still, your pharmacist.

But do read the full article on beetroot juice that I have just posted on.

Take care -

Thanks, Molly, I will.

Now I'm more confused.
I eat lots of arginine rich foods as in chocolate, nuts and brown rice, so I guess I'll continue to supplement with lysine until my eye is better (22 months and counting for that) and not mess with arginine supplementation.

The study also noted that while bp dropped right after ingestion of nitrate/beetroot, it rose again after a few hours, so one would have to have a sustained release or something.

I would just like to know the cause of my primary hypertension and focus on that. I'm sure I don't have a beetroot deficiency.

Interesting and timely. My BP is up a little and I'd like to see it come down...I think I'll give this a try.

Grow beets in your garden everyone! They are impossible to kill as long as you water them, and bugs don't like them much. I grow a bazillion beets every year. Beets rock!

when you showed each lowered reading of bp and say you took arginine for days to get bp down... how many days does/did it take? my dad has high bp and i thought about getting him on this.

also.. do you eat the beet raw? do you think canned is ok? thanks molly. still lovin all the interesting info you manage to find. amazing you are :]

Yah, I'll have to squash the beetles up but good to get him to drink it!

Actually, he loves beets. But you know, juicing them with apple might be very nice. Hmmmm. I do have a juicer. Just have to get up the courage to use it.

Warm hugs,