People's Pharmacy... Q. I have heard that if you place pieces of eggplant in water for a couple of hours and then drink the water it helps reduce cholesterol levels and blood pressure. Is this correct or do I have to put the eggplant in the fridge for four days and drink a small amount daily? A. Several years ago a reader sent in the following remedy:
“Wash but don’t peel a medium eggplant. Dice it into 1-inch cubes.
“Place the cubes in a glass gallon jug and cover the eggplant with distilled water.
“Put the jug in the fridge for four days. Drink one ounce of the water per day, taking your blood pressure daily.
“After a week or so, the eggplant will begin to disintegrate; discard it but keep drinking the ounce of soaking water daily.”
Although eggplant is part of a dietary portfolio that lowers cholesterol (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Feb. 2005), Brazilian researchers have found that eggplant extract does not lower cholesterol. A recent analysis of eggplant compounds suggests that some may inhibit angiotensin-converter enzyme (ACE) and thus lower blood pressure (Bioresource Technology, May 2008). We don’t know if the eggplant soaking water will have that effect.
Poster Comment:
Deswy My Grandmother, who was an Armenian immigrant to the USA in 1915, used to slice up eggplant for frying. Before frying, however, she used to take the eggplant slices and put them in a colander, lightly sprinkle it with salt, place a dish over it with a heavy round stone she had brought from the Old Country to weigh it down and placed the weighted colander over a large pan to collect the juices. She’d leave this overnight, and in the morning take the fluid that drained from the eggplant (trust me, there was a sufficient amount to save) and place it in the refrigerator, drinking some of it everyday. This, she claimed, was what kept her blood pressure normal.
My mother had high cholesterol, and high brood pressure. I helped her to changed her diet by eating healthier; brown rice-a lot whole grain, beans, a lot of vegetable, fruit, and to reduce salt in her diet to minimum. We eat a lot of baked, boiled and steamed food. Although she was still taking the bills the doctor recommended, but I told her not to take it regularly (as prescribed) because some of the pills have negative side affect. She listen, within months she went back to the doctor, the blood pressure was normal so was the high cholesterol. I am a living proof of this. Follow the six laws of health which are diet, sunlight, water, air, rest, and exercise you should see a big change.
Everyone is different, but for me the only thing I eat when it come to meat are chicken, and turkey. In seafood I only eat some fish (salmon, and tilapia). For me, this is not a diet, but a life style. I am not a doctor. I would recommended to keep up with your doctor by check up, and many suggest some of these natural remedies to him, and see what he/she said.
lm... Wash and cube an unpeeled eggplant and put into a gal. jar of filtered water and put in fridge for four days.. drink 1 ounce per day. Not a cup or glass which can drop your b/p too low… take your b/p daily. When it gets normal start taking every other day.. might take few days to work… go buy a guava tree and plant it if you live where its warm.. hard to find in stores… guava or guava juice also brings down b/p……
yeup... http://www.ehow.com/how_4732541_use-eggplant-lower-cholesterol.html Cut off the stem and blossom ends, slice the eggplant crosswise into ½ inch slices. Place the eggplant in a ½ gallon of water with lemon slices. Keep in the refrigerator for a week and drink 3 glasses of eggplant juice per day Read more: How to Use Eggplant To Lower Your Cholesterol | eHow.com
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Tatarewicz... At 82 my bp has generally remained under 140, dropping substantially after periodic tachychardia bouts. A couple of weeks ago I got a 160 reading. But after an egg, rye flour and eggplant pancake plus regular daily drinks of beet juice (thinly sliced red beet soaked in water) bp a few days ago was 130 & 128/ 72, 75 (Beets/juice + arrowroot cookies seems to have abated SVT). Chinese friend with low bp told she avoided eggplant.