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August 1, 2006

Slow, Deep Breathing May Lower Blood Pressure

How many breaths do you take per minute? New research indicates slow breathing may lower blood pressure, even if practiced for only a few minutes per day. This may be why people who practice meditation and yoga have lower blood pressure in general.

A scientist at the National Institutes of Health thinks how we breathe may hold a key to how the body regulates blood pressure, and that it has less to do with relaxation than with breaking down all that salt most of us eat.

Slow-breathing could lower blood pressure

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