Blood pressure

Evidence-graded topics and articles tagged Blood pressure.

Topics

• Dark Chocolate — Flavanol-rich dark chocolate and cocoa lower blood pressure by about 2 mmHg in short trials.
• Fisetin and Quercetin — Quercetin supplements lower systolic blood pressure by about 2 to 3 mmHg in several meta-analyses of randomised trials.
• Flaxseed — Pooled trials find ground flaxseed modestly lowers blood pressure and LDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides, with the clearest results at around 30 g a day…
• Hibiscus Tea — Hibiscus tea modestly lowers blood pressure, roughly 5-8 mmHg systolic and 3-4 mmHg diastolic across pooled trials, with bigger drops in people starting higher.
• Isometric Exercise — Isometric exercise — holding a contraction without moving, such as a handgrip squeeze or a wall sit — lowers resting blood pressure: pooled trials find drops o…
• Pomegranate Juice — Drinking pomegranate juice may lower systolic blood pressure by roughly 5 to 8 mmHg and diastolic by roughly 2 to 3 mmHg, but the evidence is limited and resul…
• Resveratrol — Resveratrol may modestly lower blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes and slightly raise bone density in postmenopausal women, but the trials are small…
• Salt — Cutting salt lowers blood pressure - by about 4 mm Hg systolic in pooled trials, and more when blood pressure starts higher.
• Swimming — Swimming and other water exercise lower blood pressure in trials — systolic pressure falls by roughly 4 to 9 mmHg, with the biggest drops in people who already…
• Taurine — Taurine lowers blood pressure and blood sugar by small amounts in trials, and gives a modest endurance gain.