The following seven herbs, many of them popular and already in use in kitchens around the world, can help reduce blood pressure and the need for medications.
Garlic: A study at the New Orleans Clinical Research Center found that allicin, a substance in garlic, helped nine research subjects with severe incidences of hypertension experience its reduction. Remember that in order to make the most of allicin we must crush or cut the garlic and wait a few minutes, preferably consume raw, more info on this in: how to take advantage of the medicinal power of garlic.
Onions: A study in the Journal of Nutrition found that the antioxidant flavonol, quercetin, caused the subjects to experience a reduction in their diastolic and systolic pressures compared to subjects who only took a placebo.
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Cinnamon: This herb has many health properties, including lowering blood pressure and fighting diabetes. Research subjects who ingested a water soluble form of cinnamon had an increase in antioxidants that reduce blood sugar levels.
Oregano: A study with animal subjects found that a compound found in oregano, carvacrol, reduced blood pressure, diastolic and systolic pressure and heart rate.
Cardamom: After taking this herb for only three months, 20 people who were recently diagnosed with severe hypertension saw their blood pressure levels significantly reduced.
Olives: It has been shown that olive oil, a staple in the Mediterranean diet, reduces blood pressure, which makes people living in that area some of the healthiest in the world.
Hawthorn: When 79 people with type 2 diabetes took 1200mg of hawthorn extract for sixteen weeks, their mean diastolic pressure was reduced.
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