date:Dec 28, 2018
For people with high blood pressure, starting an exercise regimen may lower blood pressure by as much as taking medication would, a large analysis suggests.
Researchers combined data from nearly 400 randomised trials that assessed the effects of blood pressure drugs or of exercise on blood pressure. They found that overall, each lowered blood pressure by nearly 9 mmHg (millimeters of mercury) in patients with hypertension.
Exercise seems to achieve similar reductions in systolic blood pressure