Tropical fruit drinks may reduce hypertension

The Facts:

  • 28 patients with hypertension drank 10 ounces of bottle water, coconut water, mauby (a tropical drink made from buckthorn tree bark) or a coconut and mauby mixture twice daily for 2 weeks to determine the effects of the tropical ingredients on blood pressure.
  • The groups who drank coconut water, mauby or their combination all showed significant decreases in blood pressure over the 2-week period while over half of those who drank the bottled water had increases in blood pressure.
  • Coconut water and mauby are therefore effective natural remedies for lowering blood pressure in patients with hypertension.
Dr Shaun Holt: This intriguing but well-designed small study found that regular drinking of two tropical food drinks, coconut (Cocos nucifera) water and mauby (Colubrina arborescens) both reduced blood pressure. And the "dose" needed: 10 ounces twice a day. We know that, on the whole, people are terrible at taking their prescribed pills for high blood pressure regularly, probably because they do not feel any symptoms from the condition, and so a tasty natural and maybe even safer alternative may give better results. As always, more research needed, but this has huge potential.

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