Celery is high in apigenin, a chemical that expands the blood vessels and may help prevent high blood pressure. Celery is a traditional Asian folk remedy for high blood pressure.
In 1992, Minh Le, the father of a University of Chicago medical student was diagnosed with high blood pressure. His doctor prescribed standard antihypertensive medication.
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In the book The New Healing Herbs, Le ignored his doctor’s advice and began eating a ¼ pound of celery a day. Before long, his blood pressure dropped from 158/96 to 118/82.
Researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center have found that very small amounts of a compound in celery, 3-n-butyl phthalide, can lower blood pressure in animals by 12-14 percent and cholesterol by about 7 percent.
It’s known in scientific circles that phthalide relaxes the muscles and arteries that regulate blood pressure.
Celery and blood pressure
