Black Garlic and Pomegranate Standardized Extracts for Blood Pressure Improvement: A Non-Randomized Diet-Controlled Study

Recently released position papers by the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and Italian (SIIA) provide therapeutic recommendations for use nutraceuticals in management high blood pressure (BP) hypertension, opening up new perspectives field. This not-randomized diet-controlled clinical study aimed to evaluate if daily dietary supplementation with black garlic pomegranate (namely SelectSIEVE® SlowBeat) could advantageously affect BP individuals high-normal or stage I hypertension. Enrolled subjects were adhering a Mediterranean DASH (Dietary Approaches Stop Hypertension) diet two weeks before deciding whether continue following alone association SlowBeat. At end study, SlowBeat was associated significant improvement systolic (SBP) diastolic (DBP) compared baseline (Pre-treatment: SBP = 134.3 ± 4.2 DBP 88.2 3.4; 4-Week Follow-up: 130.1 2.8 DBP= 83.7 2.6). improved also comparison control. In conclusion, shows that extracts from safely exert improvements healthy diet.