A recent study of young women showed an inverse relationship to vitamin C blood levels and blood pressure, the higher the vitamin C blood level the lower the blood pressure. “The current study involved 242 black and white women, between 18 and 21 years old, with normal blood pressures, who were participants in the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study. The girls had entered the trial when they were 8 to 11 years old. Over a 10-year period, their plasma levels of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and blood pressure were monitored. At year 10, Block (the lead investigator) and her colleagues found that blood pressure, both the systolic and diastolic (top and bottom reading), was inversely associated with ascorbic acid levels.” (Nutrition Journal, December 17, 2008) As you know the best source of vitamin C is not a supplement but fruit and vegetables. So make sure you get your 5 servings of fruit and 5 servings of vegetables each day for better health and lower blood pressures.