28/01/2025
Hibiscus tea may be as effective as blood pressure-lowering drugs, but doesn’t have their bad side effects. Tested head-to-head against captopril, a leading blood-pressure drug, drinking two cups of strong hibiscus tea every morning (a total of five tea bags in the two cups) was as effective in lowering blood pressure as taking a starting dose of 25 mg of captopril twice a day. Be sure to talk with your doctor about your blood pressure-lowering options.
Hibiscus really shines when it comes to lowering high blood pressure. It appears to boost nitric oxide production, which may help our arteries relax and dilate better. A review recognized that the daily consumption of hibiscus tea may indeed significantly lower blood pressures in people with hypertension.
After drinking hibiscus tea, be sure to rinse your mouth with water to keep the tea’s natural acids from softening your tooth enamel. Given the extraordinary manganese content in hibiscus tea, I don’t recommend drinking more than a quart a day.
Watch the video “Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension” at https://buff.ly/4ainWpq for more information, and check out https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/hibiscus-tea/.
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