Kyle J. Norton
Scientists may have found a natural alternative for the treatment of hypertension, according to studies.
Hypertension is a condition of abnormally high blood pressure. It is a member of the cluster of conditions associated with an increased risk of heart disease and stroke.
Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps out blood.
According to the statistics provided by the American Heart Association, approximately, 103 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure, or 1 in 2 adults in the US have the syndrome.
Bad eating habits, unhealthy lifestyles, and certain medical conditions such as kidney disease, diabetes, and sleep apnea are some of the risk factors for high blood pressure.
However, some researchers suggested that the prevalence of obesity over the past few decades may have a strong impact on the increased high blood pressure risk in the US.
Dr. Shu-Zhong Jiang and colleagues in examining obesity and the high blood pressure risk wrote, "Obesity is a major risk for essential hypertension, diabetes and another morbidity that contribute to the development of kidney disease because it mainly increases tubular reabsorption to impair pressure natriuresis and cause volume expansion,...".
And, "Additionally, obesity causes cardiovascular and renal diseases through several mechanisms including hypertension, hyperglycemia, inflammation, dyslipidemia, and atherosclerosis, which are disorders that can coexist, particularly in the presence of excess visceral fat to cause metabolic syndrome (65) and are characterized by alteration in fat metabolism through lipid accumulation".
The results strongly suggested that obesity not only is associated with hypertension but also is a major contributor to the risk of other chronic diseases.
Honey is a miraculous product made by bees using nectar from flowers.
The rich golden liquid is considered of healthy sweet food for replacing the use of white sugar and artificial sweetener by many people.
Researchers on finding a herbal remedy for the treatment of hypertension with no side effects examined the honey effect on blood pressure and heart rate.
The study included 50 healthy male subjects, who were given 20 ml of honey to consume, and their systolic SBP, DBP, and HR were measured at different intervals; 15 minutes, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes after the intake of honey.
Honey treatment significantly (p = 0.05) decreased SBP from 117.80±0.88 to 110.20±2.14 after 15 minutes of honey intake.
The blood pressure of the honey treatment was maintained as the reading after 30 minutes of honey consumption was 111.33±2.14, and 60 minutes of honey intake was 110.4±2.08.
The findings clearly suggested that honey has a short-term effect on reducing blood pressure in healthy individuals.
In order to reveal more information about honey anti-high blood pressure activity, researchers investigated the honey effect on blood pressure and heart rate in healthy males and females.
The study included 100 healthy male and female participants who were given 20ml honey orally administered. The basal systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and heart rate (HR) before the injection of honey were taken as the control values.
Diastolic blood pressure and heart rate were measured at 15, 30, and 60 minutes with a digital sphygmomanometer and analog sphygmomanometer as a check.
The results showed that mean SBP decreased significantly in females compared to males at control, after 15, 30, and 60 minutes of oral administration of 20ml of honey.
DBP decreased significantly in females compared to males at control, after 15 minutes and 60 minutes of oral administration of 20ml of honey and HR decreased (p=.05) significantly.
The results indicated that honey has a strong effect in reducing blood pressure in females compared to the male counterpart, probably due to hormone expression.
Taken altogether, honey may be considered a functioning remedy for the prevention and treatment of high blood pressure, particularly in females, pending the confirmation of a large sample size and multicenter human study.
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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the Karate GB Daily, etc.,.
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Sources
(1)Honey’s Ability to Reduce Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Healthy Male Subjects by Esther Oluwasola Aluko, Nigeria Titilope Helen Olubobokun, Dara Ezekiel Atang. (Research Gate)
(2) Comparative Study of Effect of Honey on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Healthy Male and Female Subjects Aluko Esther Olusola1*, Olubobokun Titilope Helen1, I. Bassey Enobong2 and Atang Dara Ezekiel. (British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research)
(3) Obesity and hypertension by Shu-Zhong Jiang, Wen Lu, Xue-Feng Zong, Hong-Yun Ruan, and Yi Liu. (PMC)
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