1 Eat foods high in vitamins and mineral the day before your fast. 2  After your fast, drink grapefruit juice. 3  An hour or two after the grapefruit juice is consumed, the digestive system should be reawakened, though groggy. 4  Feel free to slowly eat an apple. Eat foods high in vitamins and mineral the day before your fast. 2  After your fast, drink grapefruit juice. 3  An hour or two after the grapefruit juice is consumed, the digestive system should be reawakened, though groggy. 4  Feel free to slowly eat an apple.
March 22, 2002 -- Two glasses of orange juice a day lowers blood pressure, a new study suggests. It doesn't mean that OJ is the cure for what ails you.It does mean that a good diet is crucial -- especially for heart patients.High blood pressure isn't good for anybody.he blood-pressure decrease we saw is definitely clinically relevant, says Carla McGill, PhD, RD, a nutrition scientist at Tropicana. If we could reduce blood pressure by this much it would be very good for all patients.. At the end of the study, the patients stopped drinking orange juice for two weeks.
1. Lower Your Blood Pressure. Drinking beet juice may help to lower blood pressure in a matter of hours. One study found that drinking one glass of beet juice lowered systolic blood pressure by an average of 4-5 points. The benefit likely comes from the naturally occurring nitrates in beets, which are converted into nitric oxide in your body.