Effects of Olive Oil on Blood Pressure: Epidemiological, Clinical, and Mechanistic Evidence.

ABSTRACT: The increasing access to antihypertensive medications has improved longevity and quality of life in hypertensive patients. Nevertheless, hypertension still remains a major risk factor for stroke and myocardial infarction, suggesting the need to implement management of pre- and hypertensive patients. In addition to antihypertensive medications, lifestyle changes, including healthier dietary patterns, such as the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) and the Mediterranean diet, have been shown to favorably affect blood pressure and are now recommended as integrative tools in hypertension management. An analysis of the effects of nutritional components of the Mediterranean diet(s) on blood pressure has therefore become mandatory. After a literature review of the impact of Mediterrane

SUBMITTER: Massaro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7352724 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature