{"id":1550,"date":"2020-11-19T01:19:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T01:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2020-11-19T01:20:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T01:20:07","slug":"10-herbs-that-may-help-lower-high-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1550","title":{"rendered":"10 Herbs That May Help Lower High Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High blood pressure, also called hypertension, affects nearly half of all American adults.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the most common preventable risk factor for heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>This article looks at the scientific research behind 10 herbs and spices that may help lower blood pressure.<\/p>\n<h3>Managing high blood pressure<\/h3>\n<p>High blood pressure is defined as having at least one of the following:<\/p>\n<p>systolic blood pressure (the top number) over 130 mm Hg<br \/>\ndiastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) over 80 mm Hg<br \/>\nboth systolic and diastolic values above these levels<br \/>\nYou can manage blood pressure with medications, such as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and calcium channel blockers.<\/p>\n<p>Many dietary and lifestyle changes can also reduce your blood pressure and lower your risk of heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, studies have shown that some herbs and spices may reduce blood pressure levels, so you may want to consider adding these to your diet, too.<\/p>\n<p>More at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/herbs-to-lower-blood-pressure\">Healthline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High blood pressure, also called hypertension, affects nearly half of all American adults. It\u2019s the most common preventable risk factor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1553,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions\/1553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}