Consuming fruits have always been fruitful. In a recent study, it was discovered that eating grapes can contribute a lot in lowering down one’s blood pressure.

A study, which was conducted by the Biological Sciences, University of Michigan came out with a report in the October issue of Journal of Gerontology that grapes have a potential of reducing cardiovascular diseases. 

The experiment was conducted upon rats over a span of few months, and the researchers came out with the findings that the rodents who consumed a diet fully grape enriched had better functioning of heart muscles, were less prone to inflammation, lower blood pressure than the ones who ate salty diet devoid of grapes.

The investigators said that it might be the effect of presence of phytochemicals (naturally occurring antioxidants) that grapes have.

On this, Mitchell Seymour, from Michigan State University, said, "These findings support our theory that something within the grapes themselves has a direct impact on cardiovascular risk, beyond the simple blood pressure-lowering impact that we already know can come from a diet rich in fruits and vegetables."

The study was done taking into consideration millions of people who develop high blood pressure because of one’s diet and consequently heart failure due to continuous hypertension. The co-author of the report, Steven Boiling opined that it was the addition of grape powder in the high salt diet that resulted in reduced hypertension and heart failure. He further added that there might be other compounds present in the grapes such as flavanoids who are rich in skin, flesh and seed saying, “Although there are many natural compounds in the grape powder itself that may have an effect, the things that we think are having an effect against the hypertension may be the flavanoids – either by direct antioxidant effects, by indirect effects on cell function, or both.”
 
The report elucidates on the fact that grapes can have an overall healthy effect on heart, reducing the risk factors and development of hypertension.