Top Foods for Controlling High Blood Pressure

Cinnamon

In a 2013 study published in Nutrition, researchers discovered that short-term consumption of cinnamon resulted in significant decreases in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. However, due to limited supporting research at the time, the authors approached their findings with cautious optimism.

Over the past decade, scientists have debated cinnamon's effectiveness in lowering blood pressure. A 2021 study in the Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine confirmed that cinnamon does lower systolic blood pressure, although the reduction was described as moderate from a clinical perspective despite being statistically significant.