Sentences with phrase «lower diastolic blood pressure»

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).

Additionally, they lowered their diastolic blood pressure (the number on the bottom) by 3 mm Hg.

Real, fermented soy sauce has an antioxidant profile easily outclassing red wine, with one study finding that a single meal containing soy sauce reduced oxidative stress, lowered diastolic blood pressure, and inhibited lipid peroxidation in adults.

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].»

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The lower number is your diastolic pressure: the pressure of your blood when your heart is resting between beats.

If your blood pressure exceeds 140 mm Hg systolic (the top number) or 90 mm Hg diastolic (the lower number) you suffer from high blood pressure or hypertension.

In a random - effects model, the pooled mean diastolic blood pressure was lower among breastfed infants (difference: — 0.5 mmHg, 95 percent CI: — 0.9, — 0.04; p = 0.03).

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.

The most dramatic effects were a nearly 2 mmHg rise in diastolic (the low number) blood pressure when the odor was rated an 8 compared with no odor, and a nearly 3 mmHg rise in systolic (the high number) blood pressure when hydrogen sulfide concentrations reached 10 parts per billion compared with no detectable level, the researchers reported last week in Environmental Health Perspectives.

The differences in blood pressure were small, with heavy coffee drinkers having a slightly lower systolic blood pressure (SBP) and higher diastolic blood pressure (DBP) compared to non-drinkers when adjusted for age.

More than half of the 211,667 participants actively treated for blood pressure had moderately low (SBP of 120 to 129 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure [DBP] less than 65 mm Hg) or very low (SBP less than 120 mm Hg or DBP less than 65 mm Hg) blood pressure levels.

The plan, which is heavy on fruits and vegetables but low in fat and sodium, can reduce systolic blood pressure (the upper number) by about 12 points and diastolic pressure (the lower number) by about six points.

In a study of subjects with metabolic syndrome, researchers found that four weeks of treatment with grape seed extract lowered both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Whey - protein supplementation also lowered 24 - h ambulatory SBP (systolic blood pressure) and DBP (diastolic blood pressure)»

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.

The systolic level is the highest your blood pressure reaches when your heart beats, and the diastolic is the lowest it reaches as your heart relaxes.

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.

Hypertension is diagnosed when the top number, systolic, of a blood pressure reading is higher than 140 and the lower number, diastolic, higher than 90.

One study has shown that when whey protein is added to beverages it can lower blood pressure in individuals with raised diastolic and systolic blood pressure8.

Another large study also showed that a higher intake of olive oil was associated with lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure (64).

The female group, however, respond positively to the camu camu extract only in four of the ten participants, with lower blood pressure rates in general, as well as discrepancies between systolic and diastolic pressure.

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.

The paleo diet likewise was more effective than a reference healthy diet for lowering systolic and diastolic blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors which often accompany autoimmunity (52).

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

(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.

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.

Recent survey data indicate that 24 percent of U.S. adults — approximately 43 million people — have hypertension and only 47 percent have optimal blood pressure (systolic blood pressure, < 120 mm Hg; diastolic blood pressure, < 80 mm Hg).1 Among adults 50 years of age or older, a much higher proportion have hypertension and a much lower proportion have optimal blood pressure.

According to one meta - analysis cited in the review, higher sugar intake significantly increased systolic blood pressure (6.9 mm Hg, or 7.6 mm Hg when industry - financed studies were excluded) and diastolic blood pressure (5.6 mm Hg, or 6.1 mm Hg when industry studies weren't considered) when compared to diets with lower sugar consumption.

When you go to your doctor, the nurse has a relatively easy time taking your systolic and diastolic (the lower number) blood pressure.

That is, two values are taken into account, the higher one being the blood pressure in the arteries that is recorded when the heart beats (systolic pressure), the lower value when the heart rests between beats (diastolic pressure).

The following conditions cause your cat to show symptoms of heart failure (change in blood pressure) and are due to diastolic heart failure (abnormally low blood pressure when the heart is expanded):

When your blood pressure is measured, the high number is called systolic and the lower number is called diastolic.

Treated males were found to have lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure and to be less likely to fall into the stage I hypertension category.

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