They have good health effects on nearly everything.
Unfortunately, their content strategy based on truth does not perform very well. More recently they have been picking fights with the pseudoscience crowd and sensationalizing worthless content which can only be a backwards indicator.
That’s a big (and healthy) drop. With high blood pressure being quite common, would you mind sharing what helped (even though I know it may not be the same for everyone and that this is not professional medical advice)?
Big caveat. I also went from doing 1 or 2 bouts of exercise a week to about 4. Exercise makes a huge difference too.
Ok so here’s what worked for me. I took things twice a day (first thing and with dinner).
Omega 3 Olive leaf extract Green coffee bean extract Magnesium Potassium Garlic Hibiscus tea (this was a tea not a pill) Also vitamin D and C (for immune not BP).
The olive leaf / green coffee bean / hibiscus are all well attested (if memory serves) as vasodilators. I think garlic too. The Magnesium and potassium also have an effect.
The Omegas were more for inflammation.
I also tried Apple cider vinegar but had no bad effect when I dropped it. Also started doing turmeric and boron but not related to blood pressure.
I joke with my doctor that to avoid taking that 1 pill I’m now taking like 20 pills. But much prefer this.
While under this regime I also got into much better shape, mostly through diet (cutting out carbs), so for me the supplements were a short term / med term thing while baseline health improved.
Final note. Genetics play a huge role in blood pressure (and have some family history) and of course your stress levels too.
Edit: just remembered, reducing my caffeine intake was also a big part of the story. 2 cups a day is now my max vs 4+ cups.
What do you mean by picking fights with the pseudoscience crowd being a backwards indicator? Of all the directions they could go to boost traffic, that seems like a benign one.