Ziauddin Ahmed
King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia
Title: Hypertension is known as a “Silent Killer “disease with global burden exceeding
Biography
Biography: Ziauddin Ahmed
Abstract
Purpose of the study :
To raise awareness about the use of CAM especially Hibiscus tea and Yogurt among doctors and patients to prevent or treat hypertension .
Methods : Literature search with MEDLINE/ PubMed, International Journals,etc
Findings :
DASH diet is already well known for hypertensive patients and the use of Yogurt also ( 2 servings/week) in a large Nurses’ Health Study with 55,898 female participants showed 17 % reduction and in Health Professionals Follow Up study with 18,232 males showed 21 % lower CVD risk among hypertensive patients.
Randomized control trials have also shown that use of Hibiscus tea has consistently reduced hypertension as effectively as Captopril but is found less effective than lisinopril. It is an antioxidant works also as a diuretic and in normal amounts has no adverse effects.
Conclusion and Significance : Literature has shown that both Hibiscus tea and Yogurt have been found to be successful in reducing Hypertension and it’s cardiovascular complications . It is very important to raise this awareness among physicians ( both allopathic and CAM ) and the people through mass media if need be to reduce morbidity and mortality.