Sentences with phrase «diastolic blood pressure and cholesterol»

The women also saw improvements in BMI, waist to hip ratio, diastolic blood pressure and cholesterol.

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Pooling both direct and indirect evidence on AET, RT and CT via meta - analysis demonstrated that CT was the most efficacious exercise intervention regarding its impact on HbA1c, fasting glucose, good cholesterol, blood fats, diastolic blood pressure and bodyweight.

In addition, taking flavanols decreased blood pressure (systolic by 4.4 mmHg, diastolic by 3.9 mmHg), and improved the blood cholesterol profile by decreasing total cholesterol (by 0.2 mmol / L), decreasing LDL cholesterol (by 0.17 mmol / L), and increasing HDL cholesterol (by 0.1 mmol / L).

Behavioral counseling interventions led to improvements in systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels, low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL - C) levels, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference that persisted over 6 to 12 months.

There were also significant changes seen in secondary endpoints — body weight fell by 2.32 kg, diastolic blood pressure by 4.9 mm Hg, total cholesterol by 18.48 mg / dl, and heart rate by.27 beats / min.

After 10 days, the researchers saw a reduction in diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides and LDL, or «bad» cholesterol.

There were also changes in their waist circumference, waist - to - hip ratio, diastolic blood pressure (the lower of the two blood pressure readings), resting heart rate and levels of HDL - cholesterol.

According to one review, eating walnuts can reduce «bad» LDL cholesterol by up to 16 %, lower diastolic blood pressure by 2 — 3 mm Hg and decrease oxidative stress and inflammation (28).

There are numerous studies reflecting the safety and superiority of a ketogenic diet and its use for reducing cardiovascular risk factors in adults and children including artery plaque, c - reactive protein, BMI (body mass index), blood glucose, triglycerides, LDL and HDL cholesterol, body fat and diastolic blood pressure without increases in inflammation or oxidation (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15).

Specifically, outcomes were assessed after 2, 6, and 12 months, with measurements for insulin, cholesterol, triglycerides, systolic, diastolic, blood pressure, and glucose levels all significantly better for Atkins patients than for patients in any other group.

But the powerful health benefits of red wine don't stop there... Another exciting part of this study is that the red wine drinkers also decreased systolic and diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, and CRP (C - reactive protein).

It notes: «In a study of 331 very old patients, mean (SD) age 85 (7) years, low BMI, low diastolic blood pressure, low total and HDL cholesterol and high insulin sensitivity predicted total mortality, indicating a «reverse metabolic syndrome» that is probably attributable to malnutrition and / or chronic disorders which have a negative impact on survival [1].»

Visceral fat declined, diastolic blood pressure lowered, total serum cholesterol dropped and serum triglycerides decreased.

Paleolithic nutrition resulted in greater short - term improvements than did the control diets (random - effects model) for waist circumference (mean difference: − 2.38 cm; 95 % CI: − 4.73, − 0.04 cm), triglycerides (− 0.40 mmol / L; 95 % CI: − 0.76, − 0.04 mmol / L), systolic blood pressure (− 3.64 mm Hg; 95 % CI: − 7.36, 0.08 mm Hg), diastolic blood pressure (− 2.48 mm Hg; 95 % CI: − 4.98, 0.02 mm Hg), HDL cholesterol (0.12 mmol / L; 95 % CI: − 0.03, 0.28 mmol / L), and fasting blood sugar (− 0.16 mmol / L; 95 % CI: − 0.44, 0.11 mmol / L).

(5) A comparison of the Paleolithic and the standard diet for diabetes showed that the former produced lower average levels of glycated hemoglobin, triglycerides, diastolic blood pressure, weight, waist circumference, and a higher average HDL cholesterol level.

In addition to decreasing blood cholesterol concentrations, guar gum has also been shown to decrease concentrations of triacylglycerols (Bosello et al., 1984), as well as systolic and diastolic blood pressure (Krotkiewski, 1987).

And they were more weakly associated with improved total cholesterol (0.24 mmol / l lower) and improved diastolic blood pressure (2.24 mm Hg loweAnd they were more weakly associated with improved total cholesterol (0.24 mmol / l lower) and improved diastolic blood pressure (2.24 mm Hg loweand improved diastolic blood pressure (2.24 mm Hg lower).

They found that there were improvements in total cholesterol, body mass index and systolic and diastolic (that is the top and bottom) blood pressure figures.