Today I’m not going to tell you to eat fruits or vegetables to lower your blood pressure. I’ll not mention fish, eggs or meat, either.
No, what is revealed in this revolutionary Japanese study is totally different.
But you absolutely must eat this daily if you want to lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of stroke and heart attack up to 36%.
In January 2016, a Japanese research team published a study in the journal Stroke that concluded that people who skipped breakfast were more likely to suffer a stroke than those who ate in the mornings.
They first collected the breakfast eating habits of 82,772 Japanese adults as recorded in 1995, and categorized them by weekly breakfasts:
• 0-2 per week
• 3-4 per week
• 5-6 per week
• 7 per week
They recorded all the cardiovascular events in their subjects over the following 15 years and compared it with the breakfast statistics.
The comparison showed clearly that those who never ate breakfast were:
• Significantly more likely to suffer from stroke than those who regularly or always enjoyed it, and…
• 36% more likely to have a stroke involving a cerebral hemorrhage.
A previous study with 26,902 subjects published in a 2013 edition of the journal Circulation, found that people who skipped breakfast were 27% more likely to suffer a heart attack than those who ate regular breakfasts.
So why do breakfast skippers have such a high risk of stroke and cerebral hemorrhage?
High blood pressure increases the chance of a stroke and heart attack up to six times.
And the authors of both the Japanese and American studies found that people who skipped breakfast had higher blood pressure than those who consumed it.
So your number one health goal should be to lower your blood pressure. Eating breakfast every day will get you closer to that goal.
Always had porridge topped with blueberries for breakfast most of my life, still have hypertension, have small hiatus hernia ,had heart surgery, my opinion you are what you inherit.
My health is at its best in years. A "big" breakfast [4-6 ounces] A piece of fillet [abt 2 oz] a tomato, some mushrooms and 2 eggs on toast. Everything slow fried in coconut oil. +Cup of white tea. Skip lunch [not hungry] and only a light dinner [not very hungry].
I lost 24 Kg doing that, 70 Kg now.
thanks, for years I only eat a banane for breakfast followed by a green smoothie and early lunch with loads of veg.I feel great
Thanks for the valuable information
I always eat a good breakfast and still have high blood pressure.
I am a stroke patient and taking blood pressure tablet everyday in the morning and I always prefer to walk for 30 minutes everyday but despite all these my blood pressure in being recorded 150/90 at times. Please advice me that what should I do to maintain my blood pressure to normal.
Your good advice your be highly appreciated.
Regards,
Ali