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Nutraceuticals and blood pressure control: A European Society of Hypertension position document

Empar LurbeD. LovicReinhold KreutzAntonio CocaEnrico Agabiti-roseiG. ManciaGiovambattista DesideriRedon JosepCicero AfgThomas KahanKostas TsioufisJorge PolóniaMichel BurnierGuido GrassiVan De Borne PBojan JelakovićClaudio BorghiDenis Clement

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Blood pressure controlPhysiologyPhysiologyDisease030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyResveratrolBeetroot JuiceAntioxidantsMelatoninBeveragesdietary supplements03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundPrehypertensionblood pressure; consensus; dietary supplements; food; nutraceuticals0302 clinical medicineNutraceuticalInternal MedicinemedicineHumansMagnesium030212 general & internal medicineAntihypertensive AgentsMelatoninBlood pressure consensus dietary supplements food nutraceuticalsnutraceuticalsVitamin Cbusiness.industryfoodblood pressureBlood pressurechemistryconsensusHypertensionPotassiumCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicinebusinessmedicine.drug

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: High-normal blood pressure (BP) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, however the cost-benefit ratio of the use of antihypertensive treatment in these patients is not yet clear. Some dietary components and natural products seems to be able to significantly lower BP without significant side effects. The aim of this position document is to highlight which of these products have the most clinically significant antihypertensive action and wheter they could be suggested to patients with high-normal BP. Among foods, beetroot juice has the most covincing evidence of antihypertensive effect. Antioxidant-rich beverages (teas, coffee) could be considered. Among nutrients, magnesium, potassium and vitamin C supplements could improve BP. Among nonnutrient-nutraceuticals, soy isoflavones could be suggested in perimenopausal women, resveratrol in insulin-resistant patients, melatonin in study participants with night hypertension. In any case, the nutracutical approach has never to substitute the drug treatment, when needed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-01-01
10.1097/hjh.0000000000002353http://hdl.handle.net/11697/152721