There are many “popular science legends” circulating in the society, one of which is particularly “well known” that celery juice can effectively lower blood pressure. I have also encountered in the clinic, only rely on a cup of celery juice every day to control blood pressure, stop using antihypertensive drugs, this practice is very undesirable. Let’s analyze the matter of celery to lower blood pressure. There is no denying that celery is a high quality vegetable. Celery is rich in plant crude fiber, vitamin C and potassium and calcium, and it is low in calories and has a relatively high nutritional value. Celery can also lower blood pressure because it contains apigenin, a naturally occurring flavonoid that is commonly found in a variety of fruits, vegetables, and beans, with the highest content in celery. Some studies have shown that apigenin can improve the tone of the RAAS system in hypertensive rats and has some antihypertensive effect. However, it is important to note that most tests with apigenin have been conducted in vitro or on animals. The fact that apigenin in celery has antihypertensive properties does not mean that celery has the same effect. Celery cannot be eaten in the stomach to achieve the same concentration of apigenin as in the laboratory. If we want to get the same concentration of apigenin as the test rats, we may need to eat 50 pounds of celery a day, which is not possible. So relying on celery alone to lower blood pressure may only lower your blood pressure from 180/100mmHg, to 176/98mmHg, which is a small drop, but far from the goal of lowering blood pressure. Although food can lower blood pressure, but only auxiliary effect, hypertension is a chronic disease, want to stabilize blood pressure mainly depends on drug therapy. Many elderly people just listen to all kinds of rumors, can not adhere to the medication, resulting in repeated fluctuations in blood pressure, affecting the heart, brain and kidneys, inducing a variety of other diseases. There are many reasons for the onset of hypertension, you must adhere to the medication, but also pay attention to diet, although the effect of dietary therapy is not obvious, but if you do not pay attention, it will weaken the antihypertensive effect of drugs. Tip: If you have hypertension, you must pay attention to your diet on the basis of active medication, and not rely solely on diet to treat hypertension.