High blood pressure: Powerful spice used in dishes could help reduce hypertension risk
High blood pressure or hypertension is a condition which can contribute to various heart ailments like heart attack, stroke and even kidney ailments. These are the reasons why it is extremely important to keep a check on your blood pressure and make sure that it is at normal levels. By adding a certain spice in your diet, you could help lower your readings and reduce hypertension risk.
Apart from regulating blood pressure, turmeric could also help in reducing damage caused by high blood pressure.
A common reason behind heart ailments is an accumulation of plaque in arteries.
Plaque narrows arteries and slows blood flow to the heart, brain, and various other body parts.
Having high blood pressure, in this case, causes further damage to tissues in arteries. LDL (or bad) cholesterol begins to deposit in arteries in the form of plaque in the walls of arteries.
Curcumin in turmeric can help in preventing further damage caused to arteries because of high blood pressure.
