Sentences with phrase «lower average blood pressure»

Researchers looked at how a daytime nap impacts cardiovascular recovery after a stress test, and discovered that those individuals who slept for a minimum of 45 minutes in the daytime had lower average blood pressure following psychological stress than individuals who didn't sleep.

Although pulse rates and average blood pressure rose in both groups between baseline and the stress phase, in the recovery phase, individuals who had napped had considerably lower average blood pressure readings compared to individuals who hadn't slept.

Sleeping for about 60 minutes in the daytime could lower average blood pressure following mental stress.

Not exact matches

One study found that drinking one glass of beet juice lowered systolic blood pressure by an average of 4 - 5 points.

Most surprisingly, say the researchers, a participant who had a baseline systolic blood pressure of 150 or greater and was consuming the combination low - sodium / DASH diet had an average reduction of 21 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure compared to the high - sodium control diet.

After 12 months, the average systolic blood pressure decreased in both groups, but was lower in the intervention group (128.2 / 73.8 mm Hg vs 137.8 / 76.3 mm Hg).

The researchers showed that regardless of whether people have high blood pressure, low - sodium intake is associated with more heart attacks, strokes, and deaths compared to average intake.

«Low sodium intake reduces blood pressure modestly, compared to average intake, but low sodium intake also has other effects, including adverse elevations of certain hormones which may outweigh any benefiLow sodium intake reduces blood pressure modestly, compared to average intake, but low sodium intake also has other effects, including adverse elevations of certain hormones which may outweigh any benefilow sodium intake also has other effects, including adverse elevations of certain hormones which may outweigh any benefits.

Previous studies have shown that low - sodium, compared to average sodium intake, is related to increased cardiovascular risk and mortality, even though low sodium intake is associated with lower blood pressure.

«Average sleep blood pressure was reduced by about 4 points and this would be expected to lower workload on the heart.»

The researchers found that on average, low salt intake reduced excess extracellular fluid volume by 1 liter, lowered blood pressure by 10 / 4 mm Hg, and halved protein excretion in the urine, without causing significant side effects.

And among those not taking blood pressure lowering drugs, average blood pressure still fell by 2.7 / 1.1 mm Hg, even after taking into account other influential factors.

Imagine what beet juice can do for you if you drink it every day — oh wait, you don't have to imagine it, because studies have already found that this practice can lower systolic blood pressure by an average of 5 points.

When the researchers compared those numbers, they found that ambulatory blood pressure — an average of all measurements taking while they were awake — tended to be higher than their in - office averages, not lower.

Among their findings were that except in a few places with extremely low salt consumption, the amount of sodium in the diet was unrelated to the prevalence of hypertension in a society or to its average blood pressure.

If an individual's average systolic blood pressure increased 5 % or more from the low - sodium diet to the high - sodium diet, the researchers referred to as them as high salt - sensitive.

Over time, excessive training results in decreased adrenergic receptor sensitivity (making fat loss difficult and fat gain easier) and adrenal fatigue (as evidenced by fluctuating average daily body temperatures, decreasing blood pressure, low energy, joint pain and muscle loss).

Symptoms are always the same — chronic fatigue, LOW blood pressure (averaging 85/53) heavy fatigue (you pegged it when you saud the overwhelming feeling if wanting to hibernate — I just get shut down mentally and feel NO motivationor umph to do ANYTHING) and overwhelming cravings for anything starchy!

One study showed individuals with pre-hypertension taking 300 mg of MegaNatural ® - BP experienced a reduction in blood pressure.The participants took all 300mgs once a day for two months, and blood pressure monitoring averaged in systolic readings 8mmHg lower and diastolic pressure lower by 5mmHg.

Getting at least 4.7 grams of potassium per day can decrease blood pressure by an average of 8.0 / 4.1 mmHg, which is associated with a 15 % lower risk of stroke (20).

Another study, published in the European Heart Journal, followed almost 20,000 Germans for 10 years and found that those who ate the most chocolate (an average of 7.5 grams a day — or a little more than a quarter of an ounce) had lower blood pressure and a 39 % lower risk of having a heart attack or stroke compared to those who ate the least amount of chocolate (1.7 grams a day).

On average, compared to a placebo, the probiotic consumption lowered systolic blood pressure (the top number) by 3.56 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) by 2.38 mm Hg.

In the process, sodium is lost too, and it may result in lowered blood pressure (in Overlack et al. the counter-regulators had 10 % higher average sodium excretion than salt - resistant group, and 20 % higher than salt - sensitive group).

(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.

At the same time many Hunter - gatherers will exhibit lower than average blood pressures or hypo - tension.

Participants with a high (o. 67 % kcal) omega - 3 fatty acid percentage of their daily calorie intake had an average systolic and diastolic blood pressure reading that was 0.55 / 0.57 mm Hg less, respectively, than participants with lower intake.

One study found that drinking one glass of beet juice lowered systolic blood pressure by an average of 4 — 5 points.

There was also a trend toward lower blood pressure, with significant drops in two groups: people with the highest blood pressure saw an average drop from 151 to 142 mm Hg; and people with metabolic syndrome saw an average blood pressure drop from 139 to 130.

Chestnuts may seem like an average, everyday nut, but they contain a number of important health benefit including their ability to manage diabetes, improve digestive health, boost the immune system, strengthen bones, lower blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, protect cardiovascular health and combats cancer.

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Those with Animals are less inclined to suffer heart attacks, their blood pressure is lower on average, they report less tension and stress, and they live longer overall.

The American Heart Association urges the average American to eat less than 2,300 mg of sodium daily, but also notes that older people, blacks and people with high blood pressure need to go even lower — to under 1,500 mg per day.

Life insurance applicants in Alabama (23.2 %), Louisiana (22.4 %) and Mississippi (22.2 %) have much higher rates of high blood pressure than the national average (14.6 %), while applicants in Montana (2.1 %), D.C. (6.8 %) and Rhode Island (7.1 %) have much lower rates.

Life insurance applicants, on average, have lower rates of high cholesterol (25 % less than national average), tobacco use (22 %), high blood pressure (14.4 %), diabetes (7.1 %), sleep apnea (4.2 %), asthma (3.6 %) and depression (0.7 %).

For «select preferred» rates: applicants under the age of 59 need average blood pressure levels of 130/80 or lower; ages 60 - 69 with levels of 140/85 or lower, and age 70 and up with levels of 145/85 or lower.