Tag: blood pressure
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Polyphenols for Intestinal Permeability
Del Bo’ et al. (2021) conducted a randomized controlled trial to see if a diet emphasizing polyphenols would be able to help address intestinal permeability in older people. They found that beneficial bacteria for fiber fermentation and butyrate were increased, and blood pressure was decreased. Those who started out with greater impairment of the tight…
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Coenzyme Q10
Coenzyme Q10 is also called ubiquinone, because it is ubiquitous in the human body, found in the membranes of all of our cells. In a 2018 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Zhang et al.1 looked at coenzyme Q10 supplementation in 40-61 year old Chinese people with high cholesterol to see which of several risk factors for…
Northern Nutritionals 