Hypertension is a leading contributor to global morbidity and mortality, arising from the interplay of genetic and environmental risk factors together with the dysregulation of multiple physiological systems involved in blood pressure control. …
Dietary fibre lowers blood pressure (BP) via short-chain fatty acids, acidic metabolites released from fibre fermentation by bacteria in the large intestine. This acidic microenvironment may activate the pH-sensing receptor GPR68, primarily …
Full Citation Matthew Snelson, Dakota Rhys-Jones, Hamdi A Jama, Darren J Creek, Charles R Mackay, Jane Muir, Francine Z Marques, Preintervention Intake of Whole Grains Versus Refined Grains, and the Gut Microbiome, Discriminate the Antihypertensive Effect of Prebiotic Fiber, Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine 2025;18(5):e005019
According to several international, regional, and national guidelines on hypertension, lifestyle interventions are the first-line treatment to lower blood pressure (BP). Although diet is one of the major lifestyle modifications described in …
A recently published study by Bell et al. shows altered immunotolerance in people with type 1 diabetes by dietary supplementation of modified resistant starch fibre.