- Risk factors for high blood pressure, or hypertension, include eating an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, smoking or drinking excessive alcohol, and having obesity or overweight.
- Evidence is increasing that probiotics, whether taken as supplements or as part of a diet, might also help to lower blood pressure.
- Now, a study has identified two probiotics that reduce blood pressure in mice with hypertension, suggesting that they could have a similar effect in people.
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Hypertension increases the risk of severe health problems, including heart failure and heart attacks, aneurysm, kidney failure, stroke, amputation, and
People can reduce their risk by giving up smoking, not drinking excessive alcohol, maintaining a healthy weight, and eating a healthful diet.
Now, a mouse study has identified two particular probiotics — Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus — that appear to reduce blood pressure.
The study, led by researchers from the City University of Hong Kong and Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, is published in mSystems, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
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