• Menu
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Rethinking CAncer

Alternative Cancer Therapies

Header Right

Foundation for Advancement in Cancer Therapy
Non-Toxic Biological Approaches to the Theories, Treatments and Prevention of Cancer
2022
Our 51st Year
  • Resources
    • Articles
      • A Different Concept of Health and Disease
      • Balanced Diet
      • Food as Medicine
      • Detoxification
      • Emotional Healing
      • Understanding Body Function
      • Adjunctive Therapies
      • Miscellany
      • Long-Term Recovery: Case Histories
    • Cancer Forum Magazines
    • Audio Presentations
    • Video Presentations
    • Bioprepair & Cancer FAQ
    • Recipes
      • Drinks & Shakes
      • Breakfast Ideas
      • Hors d’Oevres
      • Soups
      • Dressings, Sauces & Dips
      • Salads
      • Entrees
      • Vegetable Side Dishes
      • Desserts & Snacks
      • Miscellaneous
    • Book Reviews
    • Recommended Reading
    • Research Studies
    • Books
  • News
    • Foods of the Week
    • Spice of the Month
    • Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
  • Film
    • The Bio-Repair Patients
    • The Physicians
    • Filmmakers
    • Rethinking Cancer Film Credits
  • Practitioner Directory
  • About Us
    • About Biorepair
    • About FACT
    • About Ruth Sackman
  • Donate
  • Search
  • Shop
  • Cart
  • Resources
    • Articles
      • A Different Concept of Health and Disease
      • Balanced Diet
      • Food as Medicine
      • Detoxification
      • Emotional Healing
      • Understanding Body Function
      • Adjunctive Therapies
      • Miscellany
      • Long-Term Recovery: Case Histories
    • Cancer Forum Magazines
    • Audio Presentations
    • Video Presentations
    • Bioprepair & Cancer FAQ
    • Recipes
      • Drinks & Shakes
      • Breakfast Ideas
      • Hors d’Oevres
      • Soups
      • Dressings, Sauces & Dips
      • Salads
      • Entrees
      • Vegetable Side Dishes
      • Desserts & Snacks
      • Miscellaneous
    • Book Reviews
    • Recommended Reading
    • Research Studies
    • Books
  • News
    • Foods of the Week
    • Spice of the Month
    • Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
  • Film
    • The Bio-Repair Patients
    • The Physicians
    • Filmmakers
    • Rethinking Cancer Film Credits
  • Practitioner Directory
  • About Us
    • About Biorepair
    • About FACT
    • About Ruth Sackman
  • Donate
  • Search
  • Shop
  • Cart
Alternative Cancer Therapy

If You’re On the High Side (Blood Pressure-Wise), Sip This!

May 7, 2020 //  by RethinkingCancer//  Leave a Comment

A recent article in the New York Times science section asks the question: is there any truth to the claim that green tea lowers blood pressure? Conclusion: not particularly, but hibiscus tea can.

A 2009 study conducted at Tufts University, partially financed by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, examined the effects of H. sabdariffa tisane (hibiscus tea) on hypertensive adults. The randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted with 65 pre- and mildly hypertensive adults, age 30-70, who were not taking blood pressure (BP)-lowering medications. For 6 weeks the subjects drank either 3 cups of hibiscus tea a day or a placebo tea-like beverage.

The hibiscus group was found to have lowered their systolic BP (the top number) significantly compared to the placebo group. The diastolic (bottom number) BP went down slightly for both groups. Effects were consistent regardless of age, gender, or dietary supplement use. Researchers concluded that “these results suggest daily consumption of hibiscus tea, in an amount readily incorporated into the diet, lowers BP in pre- and mildly hypertensive adults and may prove an effective component of the dietary changes recommended for people with these conditions.’

Earlier research has shown similar results. According to a 2004 study published in the journal Phytomedicine (2004;11:375-82), people suffering from hypertension can lower their blood pressure significantly by drinking hibiscus tea daily. Researchers compared results in 2 groups: one drank a cup of hibiscus daily before breakfast; the other took a standard antihypertensive medication (captopril) twice a day. After one month, diastolic BP was reduced in both groups by a statistically insignificant difference. A 2007 study, comparing hibiscus tea to the drug lisinopril, found that the tea lowered blood pressure more effectively than the drug. The authors concluded that hibiscus “exerted important antihypertensive effectiveness with a wide margin of tolerability and safety…’

Hibiscus has other virtues. It’s rich in Vitamin C, caffeine-free, has a lovely red color and a unique and delicious flavor, warm or cold. Sometimes called “sorrel,’ it’s used in warm countries for it’s natural cooling effect.

So have a cuppa! (The tea’s only “drawback,’ from the pharmaceutical industry’s point of view, is that it can’t be patented.)

Diane L. McKay, C-Y. Oliver Chen, Edward Saltzman and Jeffrey B. Blumberg. Hibiscus Sabdariffa L. Tea (Tisane) Lowers Blood Pressure in Prehypertensive and Mildly Hypertensive Adults. Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 140, No. 2, 298-303, February 2010.

Category: Research Studies

Previous Post: « Hold the Cheese, Halt the Cancer
Next Post: Leafy Greens Might Protect Smokers Against Lung Cancer »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Watch Our Movie

Rethinking Cancer The Movie

Newsletter Sign-up

Amazon Smile Rethinking CAncer

E-book Editions

detoxification

Available to buy on:
Amazon | iTunes | B&N

triumph over cancer

Amazon | iTunes | B&N

healing cancer

Amazon | iTunes |
B&N

Featured Posts

  • Being Smart With Your Smart Phone
  • Bentonite Clay — The Gentle Cleanse
  • A Really Good Brownie
  • Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #78
  • Healthy Ginger Snaps Recipe

Footer

F.A.C.T.

Established in 1971, the Foundation for Advancement in Cancer Therapy (FACT) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization that supports non-toxic, biologically sound alternative cancer therapies. FACT is the creator of the documentary film Rethinking Cancer and rethinkingcancer.org.

Contact Us

FACT
PO Box 1242
Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10113

info@rethinkingcancer.org.

twitter facebook youtube

Amazon Smile Rethinking CAncer

Menu

  • Alternate cancer therapy Resources
  • News
  • Film
  • Alternative Cancer Therapy Practitioner Directory
  • About FACT
  • Donate to Rethinking Cancer

Copyright © 2022 Rethinking Cancer - Alternative Cancer Therapies · All Rights Reserved · Web Design by Conceptstore.co.uk