Category Archives: Blood Pressure

Flaxseed and Blood Pressure

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Robert Barrington

High blood pressure is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Blood pressure rises with weight gain and one of the most effective ways to control blood pressure is to lose excess body fat. The cause of blood pressure is complex, … Continue reading →

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Eat More Cocoa, Improve Your Health

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Robert Barrington

It is often considered that physiological and mental deterioration occurs inevitably during ageing. For example, muscle mass and blood pressure show detrimental physiological decreases and increases, respectively, as ageing proceeds. Mental function too shows a correlative decline with advancing years … Continue reading →

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Nice Data, Poor Conclusion: More Sodium Pseudoscience

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The mainstream medical establishment still pushes the paradigm that salt (sodium chloride) is a cause of high blood pressure. However, for the general population, those with good health, this is not evidenced in the scientific literature. Healthy individuals who increase … Continue reading →

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Problems with Low Sodium Diet Studies

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Robert Barrington

It is claimed that sodium has detrimental effects on blood pressure. High sodium intakes have been suggested to be responsible as a causative agent in high blood pressure, and low sodium diets are one of the primary treatments for hypertension. … Continue reading →

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Salt Substitutes Lower Blood Pressure: In Salt Sensitive Individual

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Many experts still claim that high salt diets cause blood pressure increases. However this viewpoint is disingenuous, and the contention that sodium chloride is the cause of high blood pressure is either deliberately propagandised or misguidedly believed. Animal and human … Continue reading →

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Long Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids From Krill Oil

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Fish oils are a good source of the long chain fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5 (n-3)) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6 (n-3)). These fatty acids feed into the omega-3 fatty acid pathway where they provide substrates for the production … Continue reading →

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Effects of Green Tea on Metabolic Syndrome

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Plasma Antioxidants Associated with Insulin Sensitivity

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Insulin resistance is characterised by an increase in the fasting plasma levels of insulin and glucose, and this is caused by a reduction in the efficiency of the insulin signalling system in the peripheral tissues. The development of insulin resistance … Continue reading →

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Flavan-3-ols And Insulin Resistance

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Flavan-3-ols are a subgroup of flavonoids. Flavan-3-ols are sometimes called catechins as they include the chemicals catechin and epicatechin and their gallate conjugates. Flavan-3-ols are found in high concentrations in tea as monomeric units, and their presence may explain the … Continue reading →

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Green Tea Reverses Insulin Resistance

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Caffeine is known to cause a transient increase in the plasma levels of free fatty acids. This likely results from a concomitant increase in plasma levels of adrenaline, which increases the lipolysis rate of adipocytes and thus increases circulating levels … Continue reading →

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