About the Book
A compendium of knowledge for dieticians, athletic trainers, doctors, and other professionals who want to further help their patients make changes to their lives that can lower their blood pressure.From this book you will learn:
- What kind of intervention is likely to be most effective - is it a change in diet, supplements, physical activity, or perhaps, for example, stress management, or something else?
- How the following dietary changes affected blood pressure:
- Consuming blueberries 2x a day,
- Consumption of dairy products,
- The DASH diet and its modifications (some are more effective than others!),
- Drinking nitrate-rich beetroot juice daily for a week,
- Application of East Asian mimicking diet,
- Consumption of gazpacho,
- Low-fat diet,
- Presence of the popular Japanese dish miso soup in the diet,
- Consuming oat bran for several months,
- Presence in the diet of virgin olive oil,
- Salt reduction in the diet (and what type of reduction led study participants to what results),
- Adding raw beet juice and cooked beet to the diet,
- Presence of seafood in the diet,
- Adding spirulina sauce to vegetable salad.
- How dietary supplements had an impact on lowering blood pressure:
- African traditional medicines (Combretum micranthum (kinkeliba) and Hibiscus sabdariffa (bissap)),
- Allium sativum (garlic),
- American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius),
- Chios mastic,
- Collagen,
- Flaxseed,
- Folic acid,
- Fufang Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza),
- Ginseng,
- Grape seed extract,
- Green tea extract,
- Indian kudzu,
- L-arginine,
- Lipoic acid (ALA),
- Magnesium,
- Melissa officinalis,
- Montmorency tart cherry,
- Nigella sativa seed extract,
- Omega-3,
- Orthosiphon stamineus,
- Peptides,
- Selenium,
- Quercetin (onion skin extract),
- Watermelon extract (L-citrulline/L-arginine),
- Vitamin B2,
- Vitamin D,
- Others (multicomponent supplementation).
- How much physical activity lowers blood pressure:
- Beach tennis,
- Dancing,
- Forest trips,
- Interval training,
- Pilates,
- Stair climbing,
- Swimming,
- Tai Chi,
- Walking (or brisk walking),
- Isometric training,
- Power training,
- Resistance training,
- Qigong,
- Taekwondo,
- Whole-body vibration exercise training,
- Other, including a combination of aerobic and strength training.
- The effects of the other factors were also described in the book:
- Acupressure,
- Acupuncture,
- Behavioral or lifestyle modifications,
- Breathing training,
- Marital status,
- Sauna,
- Social media education,
- Stress management,
- Yoga.
The book includes many graphics and pictures made by the author and facilitate understanding of the interventions.
Discover the scientifically proven methods for lowering blood pressure in this comprehensive guide. Written by a specialist in popularizing knowledge, this book is packed with the latest research from the last ten years, detailing the methodologies used in clinical trials that have been successful in reducing hypertension.
Easily navigate the different types of interventions, including diet modifications, supplements, and physical activity, with th
