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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.
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I never heard that eggplant lowered cholesterol. I have been eating eggplant hummus for about 3 years with wheat pita chips as a snack quite regularly. I also eat it many other ways. Without medication my cholesterol is 249. They also did a segment on the Food Network which proved eggplant had no nutritional value. Poor little eggplant. I was saddened but didn't care as I am quite fond of eggplant being Italian.
I am currently taking atenolol, lisinopril, terazosin and simvastatin for high blood pressure. About three years ago my fasting glucose went to 117 ml/dl. Within a year I lost(deliberately) about ten pounds and it rose to 128. I told my doctor that I had read (in your column) that hydrochlorozide had been known to cause elevated glucose. He responded that lisinopril was one of best high blood pressure medicines-end of discussion! After losing another ten pounds(195 to 175) my latest glucose was 143ml/dl and he has diagnosed me as having type 2 diabetes and has prescribed yet another medicine. Any suggestions?
at the suggestion of an elderly friend knowledgeable in home remedies and nutrition, I made that eggplant solution and after drinking a half cup, I experienced a major drop in my high blood pressure. I think I drank another half cup but I've never had high blood pressure since. She did warn me to monitor my BP and only take small amounts of that eggplant water, sufficient to get the BP levels down to normal.
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 http://www.ehow.com/how_4732541_use-eggplant-lower-cholesterol.html#ixzz0r3fx9s3m
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......