EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL & BLOOD PRESSURE

Various research studies have reported a close relationship between diet and blood pressure. While certain foods can raise blood pressure. olive oil added into your diet has a lowering effect. Regular consumption of olive oil decreases both systolic (maximum) and diastolic (minimum) blood pressure.

There is recent evidence that when olive oil is consumed the daily dose of drugs needed to control blood pressure in hypertensive patients can be decreased, possibly becasue of a reduction in nitric acid caused by polyphenols.