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Hawai Mix 400 g. A quick and healthy ready-made dish. Rice with green peas, corn and red peppers. A vegetarian dish.
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Beets and chilli to lower blood pressure
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Do you know how to lower your blood pressure using natural methods and a special diet?
Beets help to lower high blood pressure and their juice is especially beneficial - this is thanks to the nitrates contained by them. It’s enough to drink a glass of beet juice a day, to remove the threat of heart disease. Chilli peppers have the same effect, mainly due to capsaicin, also responsible for its hot flavour. It leads to the greater production of nitrogen oxide – a gas that extends blood vessels and lowers blood pressure. Research shows this compound can also help to fight obesity, since it stimulates the metabolism and digestion of fats.
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