Mindfulness can get people to stick with heart-healthy food
Practicing mindfulness focused on healthy eating can be good for your heart and lower blood pressure, a new study shows.
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Practicing mindfulness focused on healthy eating can be good for your heart and lower blood pressure, a new study shows.
<p>A study led by Brown University researchers found that participants in a mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction program improved health behaviors that lower blood pressure. When people who had elevated blood pressure participated in an eight-week mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction program, they significantly improved their scores on measures of self-awareness and adherence to a heart-healthy diet compared to a control group. The results were published in <em>JAMA Network Open</em>.</p>
A customized mindfulness program that taught participants to apply those skills to have healthy relationships with their diet, physical activity, alcohol use, medication adherence and stress, led to notably lower systolic (top number) blood pressure measures six months after participating in the mindfulness program, according to late-breaking science presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022.