[Science/Health] 5-minute breathing workout lowers blood pressure as much as exercise, drugs

[Heroine of the Dragon]

This seems interesting and I'd like to see a bigger group's results.

The study, published June 29 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, provides the strongest evidence yet that the ultra-time-efficient maneuver known as High-Resistance Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST) could play a key role in helping aging adults fend off cardiovascular disease -- the nation's leading killer.

...Developed in the 1980s as a way to help critically ill respiratory disease patients strengthen their diaphragm and other inspiratory (breathing) muscles, IMST involves inhaling vigorously through a hand-held device which provides resistance. Imagine sucking hard through a tube that sucks back.[/img]
-https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 135033.htm