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What to Drink to Lower Blood Pressure Quickly: These 9 Drinks May Help

Written by Cherilyn Davis, MD | Reviewed by Katie E. Golden, MD Updated on July 8, 2025 Key takeaways: Researchers have looked into how different drinks can help lower blood pressure. And some drinks — like beet juice — seem to lower blood pressure quickly. Grapefruit juice may help lower blood pressure. But it can also cause a […]

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Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure in older people by changing oral microbiome, study shows

by University of Exeter edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The blood pressure-lowering effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in older people may be due to specific changes in their oral microbiome, according to the largest study of its kind. Researchers at the University of Exeter conducted the study, published in the journal Free Radical Biology

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Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure in older people by changing oral microbiome, study shows

by University of Exeter edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin The blood pressure-lowering effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in older people may be due to specific changes in their oral microbiome, according to the largest study of its kind. Researchers at the University of Exeter conducted the study, published in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine, comparing responses

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Successful snus cessation led to increased body weight and blood pressure

Posted Today Snus users who stopped using snus experienced higher blood pressure and gained weight. This has been shown by a research group at Linköping University in a study on 33 people The research group investigated in the body when snus users stopped using snus for three months. Image credit: Linköping University/Johan Sjöholm The use and

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Six-month injection lowers blood pressure in patients not helped by standard drugs

by Queen Mary, University of London edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Results from a clinical trial led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London, published today in JAMA, show that giving people with high blood pressure an injection every six months can lead to a meaningful, sustained reduction in their blood pressure. The

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