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Article: Health: Vitamin C may help lower high blood pressure.
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
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- September 21, 2008
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Karachi, September 21 (PPI) : Vitamin C may help lower high blood pressure by calming an overactive central nervous system, new Italian research suggests. Using intravenously delivered vitamin C, our study demonstrated for the first time in humans that we can reduce sympathetic nervous system overactivity, and consequently blood pressure, (by) targeting oxidative stress, said study lead author Dr. Rosa Maria Bruno from the University of Pisa, according to US daily Washington Post. Bruno explained that the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is part of the bodys central nervous system that controls non-voluntary activities, such as blood pressure. Overactivation of the system ...