Beat your high blood pressure with a strawberry-yogurt smoothie

High blood pressure has many causes behind it. A diet high in strawberries can be one way to tackle the problem. Strawberries contain anthocyanin and Vitamin C, both of which can help with high blood pressure.

Strawberries are high in anthocyanin (an antioxidant) and Vitamin C, making them a hearty weapon against trying to battle high blood pressure. They're also fairly low in sugar and caloric content, despite being incredibly sweet. Happily, this recipe takes all of five minutes to prepare and serves four.

Ingredients

• 1 lb of fresh, ripe, hulled strawberries
• 1 large orange, but juice grate the zest of it and juice it
• 4 small slices of the orange to use as a garnish
• 1 cup of yogurt. Use low-fat yogurt for a better heart health kick, and stick to plain so the rest of the flavours have a chance to shine on their own.
• 1 tbsp of sugar to taste, if you want to sweeten it, but you don't have to

Preparation

• Take a food processor or blender and add the strawberries, grated orange zest, orange juice and yogurt.
• Purée it until it's smooth and frothy. You may have to scrape the insides a couple of times to ensure all the mixture is evenly distributed.
• When you think you're done, taste the mixture and add the sugar if you don't think it's sweet enough.
• As an extra, but not wholly necessary step, press the mixture through a sieve to get rid of the strawberry seeds so everything is extra smooth.
• Lastly, garnish the smoothie with small and split strawberry and orange slices so they sit on the rim of each glass.

This delicious smoothie is healthy for you and can be one of the many tools you use to try and battle high blood pressure.