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YOGYAKARTA In orange juice contains flavonoids which according to research helps overcome high blood pressure. Although it is good to maintain balanced blood pressure, you still need to pay attention to the body's reaction after drinking orange juice.

Flavonids, or called herperidins, are found in almost all types of oranges, such as lemons and limes. This content acts as an antioxidants and protects the body from destructive exposure to free radicals. Hesperidin, turned out to be good research for people with hypertension.

"What's very interesting about this research is that it helps identify that hesperidin, a powerful plant compound found mainly in oranges, may be the main contributor to the benefits of orange juice for blood pressure," Rampersaud watchdog, RDN, California-based Nutrition Diet expert reported by Verywell, Tuesday, February 7.

In orange juice it contains 690 ml/L (millimeter per liter) hesperiidin. Research found that during 12 weeks of drinking pure orange juice can effectively lower systolic blood pressure in people who experience pre-hypertension or hypertension stage 1. The results of this study were published in the Journal of Nutrition involving 159 study participants. Adult age divided into three groups where in each group drink 500 mL orange juice a day. Orange juices are drunk either 100% orange juice, 100% citrus juice enriched hesperidin, or control drinks with the same content of calories, vitamin C and citrate acid from orange juice.

The average decrease in systolics is 6.35 mmHg and 7.36 mmHg for groups that drink orange juice enriched heperiidin. Systolic blood pressure is when the heart contracts and drives blood out of the arteries. This causes pressure in the arteries to increase. Normal cystolic blood pressure, is less than 120 mmHg.

Melissa Rifkin, RD., a registered dietite, said that the results were the same between drinking orange juice or eating fresh oranges. But try without additional sugar or with safe boundaries according to your blood sugar levels.

In addition to being useful for lowering high blood pressure, orange juice is also useful for lowering blood homosisstein, heart disease biomarkers, and inflammation reduction. This study also shows that regular drinking orange juice will provide better nutritional intake and diet quality than people who don't drink orange juice.