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Heart and circulation
Blood pressure, cholesterol, veins
Blood pressure, cholesterol, veins and the heart. The recurring finding here is arithmetic: a plant product that lowers blood pressure by a few points is not equivalent to a drug that lowers it by twenty, and for someone with high absolute risk the difference is measured in heart attacks. Diet and exercise change the numbers meaningfully; supplements mostly move the markers without evidence that they move outcomes.
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Blood pressure: the dietary interventions with real numbers
Beetroot, hibiscus and garlic all lower blood pressure modestly. Potassium lowers it more, and the dose curve is a U.
remedyCholesterol: sterols, fibre, and the one that is a drug in disguise
Plant sterols and psyllium lower LDL measurably. Red yeast rice contains a statin, and that is a fact worth knowing before you take it.
remedyHeart failure and cardiac support: hawthorn, CoQ10 and the limits
Heart failure is a condition where the drugs save lives and the herbs do not. This page is mostly a warning.
remedyOmega-3 fats: real effects and a mixed cardiovascular picture
They lower triglycerides substantially. The cardiovascular outcome trials are mixed, and that is the honest state of it.
remedyVaricose veins and venous insufficiency
Horse chestnut has real trial evidence here, and it is one of the few herbs with a regulatory approval somewhere for the indication.
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