5-minute breathing exercise lowers blood pressure as much as drugs or exercise
Working out just five minutes daily via a practice described as “strength training for your breathing muscles” lowers blood pressure.
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Joseph Shavit
- Jun 1
When should I schedule my exercise? The question is more important than you think
When should I fit exercise within my daily schedule? For most, the answer depends on our family's schedule and working hours.
Joseph Shavit
- May 2
Breathing exercise lowers blood pressure as much as drugs or aerobic exercise
Working out just five minutes daily via a practice described as “strength training for your breathing muscles” lowers blood pressure.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 14
Eating protein from a greater variety of sources can lower risk of high blood pressure
The AHA advises people eat healthy sources of protein, mostly from plants and may include seafood and low-fat or fat-free dairy products.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 7
Are blood pressure readings more accurate at home or clinic?
Blood pressure measurements routinely taken at home are more likely to provide the basis for accurate diagnoses of hypertension.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 3
Scientists discover link between high blood pressure and diabetes
The long-standing enigma of why so many patients suffering with high blood pressure also have diabetes has been cracked by researchers.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 26, 2021
Three glasses of red wine a week can help to lower your blood pressure, study finds
A higher intake of flavonoid-rich foods (present in red wine) is associated with a clinically relevant reduction in blood pressure.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 5, 2021
After 60 years, scientists find the missing link in our body’s blood pressure control
Researchers have determined the location of natural blood-pressure barometers inside our bodies that have eluded scientists for 60 years
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 3, 2021
5-minute workout lowers blood pressure as much as exercise, drugs
Working out just five minutes daily through strength training lowers blood pressure and improves some measures of vascular health