Kids Lower Your Blood Pressure??
Posted
January 15, 2010 at
6:00 pm by
Kris
Hard to believe when you’re pulling your hair out for the third time in a week or when you’re caught in tantrum-land.
But, according to a study done by Brigham Young University, having kids can actually lower your blood pressure, especially women.
The study involved 198 adults who wore portable blood pressure monitors, mostly concealed by their clothes, for 24 hours.
The monitors took measurements at random intervals throughout the day – even while participants slept. This method provides a better sense of a person’s true day-to-day blood pressure.
The effect was more pronounced among women, with motherhood corresponding to a 12-point difference in systolic blood pressure and a 7-point difference in diastolic blood pressure.
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1. Prescott
January 16, 2010 @ 2:54 pm
Wow, mine is through the roof so I guess if I didn’t have kids I would have already had a stroke.
2. Kris Underwood
January 19, 2010 @ 12:52 pm
Well, it did say the mothers had the lower blood pressure…..
Either way, doesn’t make me want another.