When I was pregnant with my daughter, I developed high blood pressure. My midwife prescribed beet juice. My blood pressure went down. I went to an obgyn and he checked my blood pressure. It was normal. I told him about the beet juice. He told me that was impossible. Foolishly, I believed him. My blood pressure went up again. I had to have labor induced 3 weeks early. I should have just kept drinking the beet juice!