Article: Vitamin C may help lower blood pressure

If you want a possible new antidote for high blood pressure, try vitamin C. There's growing evidence that high blood pressure may be partly caused by a lack of vitamin C, insists British expert Dr. Christopher J. Bulpitt at the Hammersmith Hospital in London.

Writing recently in a medical journal, he cited these observations that led him to that conclusion:

Death from stroke, associated with high blood pressure, is highest in regions where people have the lowest intake of vitamin C.

Blood pressure is lower in individuals who consume more vitamin C.

Blood pressure goes up in winter as consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C goes down.

Older people are more ...

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