Fish oil lowers even normal blood pressure.

Fish oil lowers even normal blood pressure. Fish oil lowers even normal blood pressure Researchers showed last April that among mildly hypertensive hypertensive /hy·per·ten·sive/ (ten´siv) 1. characterized by increased tension or pressure. 2. an agent... More

Fish oil lowers even normal blood pressure. Fish oil lowers even normal blood pressure Researchers showed last April that among mildly hypertensive hypertensive /hy·per·ten·sive/ (ten´siv) 1. characterized by increased tension or pressure. 2. an agent that causes hypertension. 3. a person with hypertension.  men, diets high in fish oils can lower blood pressure -- a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke. Now, another team reports that such diets can similarly lower blood pressure in healthy, nonhypertensive men and women. The new findings also point to a possible mechanism behind the effect: increased excretion of sodium and body fluids by the kidneys. Study director Constance Kies of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln described her group's results this week at the American Chemical Society's fall national meeting in Miami Beach. For 28 days, the researchers placed five men and five women on a diet supplemented with approximately 1 gram of polyunsaturated fat per day. Less