Lactobacillus helveticus VPro 13 and Reduced Blood Pressure

• Lactobacillus helveticus fermented milk lowers blood pressure in hypertensive subjects in 24-h ambulatory blood pressure measurement.

  • 2005-12
  • RCT · n = 94
  • American Journal of Hypertension 18(12)
  • • T. Jauhiainen
    • H. Vapaatalo
    • T. Poussa
    • Sinikka Kyrönpalo
    • M. Rasmussen
    • R. Korpela

  • PubMed: 16364832
  • DOI: 10.1016/J.AMJHYPER.2005.06.006

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Blood Pressure

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Clinical

  There was a mean difference of -4.1 +/- 0.9 mm Hg in systolic (P = .001) and a -1.8 +/- 0.7 mm Hg in diastolic BP (P = .048) between the L. helveticus group and the control group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

• Lactobacillus helveticus: the proteolytic system

  • 2013
  • Frontiers in Microbiology 4
  • • M. Griffiths
    • A. Tellez

  • PubMed: 23467265
  • DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00030

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Blood Pressure

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Studies have shown that fermented dairy products are able to decrease blood pressure.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate