Herbs Can Help Lower Blood Pressure

Adding herbs and spices to your meals may be a tasty strategy to help lower your blood pressure. Your cardiovascular health is affected by many strategies

Those eating a diet with lot’s of herbs and spices showed more improvement in their blood pressure than those who were eating moderate or small amounts. LiliGraphie/Shutterstock

Heart disease has ranked No. 1 in the top 10 leading causes of death in the U.S. for years. In 2020, 690,882 people died from heart disease. This is compared to 633,842 who died in 2015, which represents a 9 percent jump in six short years. One of the key risk factors for heart disease is high blood pressure. New data show a diet rich in herbs and spices may help reduce high blood pressure.

Blood pressure measurements are expressed as two numbers. The top number is called the systolic number and the bottom is called the diastolic number. These numbers represent the pressure measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) required to move blood through your arteries. The top number is how much pressure is on the artery as the heart beats and the diastolic number is how much pressure remains in the artery between heart beats.