Beetroot juice may aid people with coronary heart disease – study

The volunteers drank 140ml of beetroot juice every morning for seven days. Photograph: Deborah Vernon/Alamy

A daily glass of beetroot juice could reduce harmful inflammation in people with coronary heart disease, according to new research.

Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, the most common cause of heart attacks and the single biggest killer of both and men and women worldwide.