For the patrons working with their barbers and pharmacist, systolic blood pressure (the first, or top, number) dropped from 153 mmHg at the start of the study to 126 mmHg after six months, along with a
decrease in diastolic blood pressure (the second, or bottom, number) of 18 mmHg.
A
rise in diastolic blood pressure that didn't reach prehypertension still increased the risk of low birth weight, with the likelihood rising 2 percent for every point, the researchers found.
After three months, Savasana was associated with a 26 - point drop in systolic blood pressure (the top number) and a 15 - point
drop in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number — and the higher the initial blood pressure, the bigger the drop.
In one eight - week study among twins, those taking 1,000 mg per day of olive leaf extract had an average drop in systolic blood pressure of 13 mm Hg and a drop of 4 mm
Hg in diastolic blood pressure.
-- The use of this extract (providing 140 mg of chlorogenic acid per day) in men with high blood pressure leads to a decrease in heart rate (8 %), a decrease in systolic blood pressure (8 %), as well as a
decrease in diastolic blood pressure (7 %).
They also saw a 5 mmHg (6.3 percent) reduction
in diastolic blood pressure, or the bottom number measuring the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats.