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Planks and wall sits are best for lowering blood pressure—here are six more reasons they’re such great exercises
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Planks and wall sits are best for lowering blood pressure—here are six more reasons they’re such great exercises

by Alex Walker and Jamie Edwards, The Conversation Isometric exercises can be performed pretty well anywhere at anytime. Credit: BearFotos/ Shutterstock If you were told to do more exercise to lower your blood pressure, you might think you’d need break out you running gear or hit the weights. But one of us (Jamie) recently published research that found exercises...

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Plant-based products are not lowering blood pressure

July 16, 2018, by Laurie Fickman, University of Houston In the high-pressure world of lowering hypertension, a surprising favorite isn’t standing up too well in clinical trials. “Plant products per se or traditional antioxidants like vitamins failed to have a positive impact on renal or cardiovascular health during clinical studies,” said Mustafa F. Lokhandwala, UH...