Study: Five-Minute Daily Breathing Exercise Shows Blood Pressure Reduction Comparable to Medication, Exercise A simple, five-minute daily breathing exercise can lower systolic blood pressure by an average of nine points, a reduction comparable to the effect of some medications and aerobic exercise regimens, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. [1] The technique, known as High-Resistance Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST), was evaluated in a six-week clinical trial conducted by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder involving 36 adults aged 50 to 79 with elevated blood pressure. [2][3] This finding offers a potential time-efficient…

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