- Black Currant and Blood Pressure
Black currant lowered blood pressure during recovery from moderate-intensity exercise. In this study, 10 men and five women, average age 31, healthy, untrained, with normal blood pressure, took a placebo or 600 mg of black currant extract daily for seven days, pausing for two weeks, then switching groups.
Doctors measured blood pressure and heart rate after a two-hour supine rest that followed a moderate one-hour treadmill exercise at 50 percent of maximum oxygen usage. Systolic pressure decreased 5.6 vs. 3.5 mmHg for placebo, and fat burning increased 66 percent vs. no change for placebo.
REFERENCE: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORT NUTRITION AND EXERCISE METABOLISM; 2023, VOL. 33, NO. 5, 282-90
