Celery is Natural for Lowering Blood Pressure

Hypertensive nephropathy is benign and malignant artery nephrosclerosis caused by primary high blood pressure. It usually occurs to those that are above 40 to 50 with 5-10 years illness history of hypertension. In the early stage there is only the increase of night urination and then there will be proteinuria and some can have transient blood in urine due to the rupture of the capillaries.

The renal damages are caused by long term high blood pressure, therefore the first step is to bring the blood pressure under control and then seek measures to repair kidney damages.

Usually patients will have to take a variety of anti-hypertension medicines and long term intake of these medicines will definitely cause damages to the body, therefore we can see that dietotherapy is a good choice which can not only help consolidate the effects of anti-hypertension medicines and maintain the blood pressure at a stable level, but also cause no side effects or drug resistance.

Celery is rich in fiber and it can after the gastrointestinal digestion produce a kind of lignin or intestinal fat which is an antioxidant, therefore long term intake of celery especially celery leaves can help prevent hypertension and arteriosclerosis.

Besides lowering blood pressure, celery has many other functions.

1. Diuresis and detumescence. The ingredients in celery have the function of diuresis and it can help eliminate the retention of water and sodium in the body so as to alleviate edema.

2. Celery contains high quantity if iron and it can help alleviate anemia.

3. Celery can also have the functions of clearing heat and detoxication.

In addition, there are many foods in our daily life that can help lower blood pressure. They include hawthorn fruit, peach seed, and carrots. Low-salt and high-vitamin diets and foods are conducive for hypertensive nephropathy patients.