Choose a better beverage

Drink tea instead of coffee.An Australian study found that each one cup increase in daily tea consumption decreased systolic blood pressure by 2 points and diastolic pressure by 1 point. But the benefits ended after 4 cups. 8. Drink a glass of orange juice every morning and another at night. One U.S. study found that this lowered systolic blood pressure by an average of 7 percent and diastolic blood pressure by an average of 4.6 percentthanks to the high levels of potassium in orange juice.