Alpha Lipoic Acid Has Shown to Lower Blood Pressure

Alpha Lipoic Acid Has Shown to Lower Blood Pressure

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
This review, analyzing 11 studies with 674 patients, reveals alpha lipoic acid's impact on lowering blood pressure.
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What can changing the food you eat for 15 days accomplish?

What can changing the food you eat for 15 days accomplish?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
A recent health program, the 15-day Jumpstart, showcases the incredible impact of altering one's diet.
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Can omega 3 fatty acids lower your blood pressure?

Can omega 3 fatty acids lower your blood pressure?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
The researchers of this study reviewed randomized controlled trials which investigated the effects of EPA and DHA on blood pressure (Zhang X, et.al., 2022). EPA and DHA are both omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil. There were 4973 participants 18 years old and older.   The optimal intake...
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Can high blood pressure be reduced by using salt substitutes?

Can high blood pressure be reduced by using salt substitutes?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  This research reviewed ten studies and included 1119 participants with high blood pressure where salt substitutes were used instead of regular salt (Jafarnejad S, et.al., 2020). Potassium chloride is used at least partially instead of regular salt in salt substituted products. The results showed a significant reduction in systolic...
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Can one food reduce your blood pressure?

Can one food reduce your blood pressure?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Keeping your blood pressure normal and low is important. High blood pressure will increase your risk for stroke. What if you could reduce your blood pressure by adding one food to your diet and avoiding the side effects of blood pressure medications? The researchers who published the following study investigated...
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How to reduce your blood pressure by eating earlier

How to reduce your blood pressure by eating earlier

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
  Maybe you find it surprising that you can reduce your blood pressure just by changing the timeyou eat. You can however not only reduce your blood pressure by doing that, but quite a fewother things have been shown to improve as well.This research was based on the results of...
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Is there an effective way to lower blood pressure without medications?

Is there an effective way to lower blood pressure without medications?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
It is very common–even if it is not necessary–to see that the blood pressure is increasing with age.   With medications, blood pressure usually comes down, but it may still not be as low as we would like it to be. Blood pressure medications also comes with side effects. What else can...
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Do you want to react less to anxiety provoking stimuli?

Do you want to react less to anxiety provoking stimuli?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
"The world can be a stressful place, and that is most likely not going to change anytime soon. The solution is to get to a state where we are not affected much by things that cause most people to react with anxiety. Is that possible or just wishful thinking?  ...
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What damage can high blood sugar and oxidative stress cause?

It is common knowledge that having high blood sugar levels is damaging to our health, but in what way is it harmful to us?   Having high blood glucose levels causes oxidation of glucose and a reaction causing glycation of proteins.  These reactions cause tissue damage and create a lot...
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3 Important Benefits of Flax Seeds

3 Important Benefits of Flax Seeds

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
One of the impressive health benefits of flax seeds is the ability to decrease blood pressure (Rodriguez-Leyva D, et.al., 2013). In a double-blinded, placebo-controlled study, 30 g of flax seeds daily for 6 months reduced the systolic blood pressure of 10 mm Hg and the diastolic blood pressure with 7...
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An easy way to reduce blood pressure.

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Change what you eat and lower your blood pressure

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
There is more than one dietary factor that affects your blood pressure, but if you were to make only one change, you should reduce your sugar intake. Research lasting 8 weeks or more showed the greatest changes (Te Morenga LA, et al. 2014). Systolic blood pressure was in average reduced...
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Higher intake of this important mineral shows reduced risk for metabolic syndrome.

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