A social media post claims eating a grapefruit every day will naturally lower blood pressure, meaning you don’t need medication. But any reductions in blood pressure will be very small compared to conventional drugs.
The post makes a large number of claims about different health conditions and treatments. We are only addressing the one quoted here, and have not assessed the others.
Grapefruit for blood pressure“Why aren’t you informed by your doctor that if you eat a grapefruit everyday, it will lower your blood pressure naturally and you don’t need 💊 ? ”from 2015 did find that overweight and obese patients had some reduction in their systolic blood pressure from eating grapefruits, but noted serious limitations in the three studies included. In any case, the reduction in blood pressure found was small, at 2.43 mmHg .
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