Eating 50 grams of tahini can lower your blood pressure and heart rate, and help your blood vessels work better, all within 4 hours if you are a healthy man.
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Tahini consumption affects blood pressure and endothelial function in healthy males
The study tested exactly what the claim says: eating 50 grams of tahini and checking its effects on blood pressure and blood vessel health in men. It found that tahini lowered blood pressure and heart rate and improved blood vessel function within 4 hours.
Tahini consumption affects blood pressure and endothelial function in healthy males
The study gave healthy men 50 grams of tahini and checked their blood pressure, pulse, and blood vessel health after 4 hours, and found improvements, just like the claim says.
Contradicting (1)
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The consumption of tahini meal regulates hemodynamic parameters in type 2 diabetes patients postprandially
The study looked at people with diabetes, not healthy people, and while tahini helped blood vessels work better, it didn’t lower blood pressure or heart rate as the claim says.
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