Blood pressure, meet peppermint oil
A widely used joint pain supplement may speed the progression of dementia and even increase mortality, according to a new study. Peppermint oil, oats, and avocado had a good week in the lab Peppermint oil probably doesn’t come to mind if think about blood pressure treatment. But in a recent randomized trial , 40 adults with elevated or mildly high blood pressure took a small daily dose for 20 days, and their systolic pressure fell by an average of 8.5 mmHg. Their resting heart rate dropped too. Lead author Jonathan Sinclair suggested that the compounds in p...
