Sentences with phrase «by widening the blood vessels»

Nitric oxide works by widening the blood vessels which let more blood to flow through them.
Pumpkins contain an abundance of phytosterols and vitamin E, which protect the heart by widening the blood vessels, preventing blood clots, and lowering blood pressure.

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Dizziness is caused by rising hormones which cause a woman's blood vessels to relax and widen.
Moreover, it is less common for heart attacks in women to be triggered by a local narrowing of blood vessels that can be widened relatively easily.
Calcium channel blockers like Procardia, Adalat, Plendil, and Cardene widen and relax the blood vessels by affecting the muscle cells found in the arterial walls, which is exactly what magnesium does — splendidly, we might add.
It does an excellent job of widening the blood vessels by relaxing muscle cells in the vessel walls to regulate blood pressure.
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