Super Seed Slashes High Blood Pressure (even better than meds)

Scientists have discovered that a cost-effective seed, which is easily available from your supermarket, can drastically lower your blood pressure.

In fact, this seed lowered blood pressure more drastically than blood pressure medications usually do.

And it does so without side effects.

Two teams of researchers have just independently conducted scientific literature reviews on how well flaxseed reduces blood pressure.

Both considered only properly controlled scientific experiments, in order to improve the validity of their results.

The first of these studies, which was published in The Journal of Nutrition, concluded that, on average, flaxseed consumers had 1.77 mmHg lower systolic blood pressure and 1.58 mmHg lower diastolic blood pressure than those who did not consume flaxseed.

Remember that these were average values. You may be one of the lucky ones for whom this would work a lot better.

According to this review, whole flaxseeds are more effective than flaxseed oil at reducing systolic blood pressure, although both were found to lower diastolic blood pressure.

Furthermore, those who used it for more than 12 weeks benefited more than those who used it for a shorter period.

The second review, published in Clinical Nutrition, only included studies on flaxseed supplements. Its conclusions were more significant.

• When all of the types of supplements and the duration of consumption were calculated and compiled, the researchers found that there was an average systolic drop of 2.85 mmHg and an average diastolic drop of 2.39.

• Those who took a flaxseed supplement for more than 12 weeks enjoyed a systolic drop of 3.10 mmHg and a diastolic drop of 2.62, both of which are genuinely impressive reductions.

This is bigger drop in blood pressure than many people experience from using dangerous pharmaceuticals.

• Those who took a powder supplement shed both systolic and diastolic points, while those who took an oil supplement shed only diastolic points and those who took a lignan extract did not benefit at all.

This review indicates that it is not the lignans in flaxseed that are responsible for the results. Rather, it is probably the active ingredients—the fiber and omega-3 fatty acids or, more specifically the alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), from which your body produces omega-3.

But lowering your blood pressure by 3 points may not be enough. To bring yours below 120/80—with results starting today—you can check out these 3 easy blood pressure exercises…