Hypertension

You’re SUPPOSED to be lowering your blood pressure with drugs to beat back heart risk. But taking a certain class of BP-lowering meds could be COUNTERPRODUCTIVE… and actually INCREASE your risk of stroke!

A recent study shows the more tomatoes you eat… the more you can reduce your risk of hypertension… or bring down your blood pressure numbers if they’re already too high.

In a recent mouse study, researchers NORMALIZED blood pressure numbers in mice induced to have hypertension by giving them certain strains of beneficial bacteria (a.k.a. probiotics), which helped balance the gut microbiome.