Archive for the 'Blood Pressure' Category

Want Omega-3 Benefits Without Eating Fish?

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

With a high content of omega-3s, flaxseed oil is a great alternative for fish.  WHfoods.org reports that flaxseed oil can lower blood pressure in men with high cholesterol. In a three-month study of 59 middle-aged men, those who took daily flaxseed oil supplements (with eight grams of the omega-3 fats, alpha-linoleic acid) experienced significantly [...]

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Hey Joe, Welcome Back!

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

A recent CNN article said that a new study from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that “healthy women who drank upwards of six cups of coffee per day were no more likely than abstainers to develop high blood pressure over the next decade.” For the men studied, “the risk of high blood [...]

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