For Blood Pressure & Blood Sugar, Celery’s Stalk Just Went Up!

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Celery is common. But no more common than blood pressure problems. High

blood pressure affects 1.28 billion people in the world. The rate among Canadian

adults is 22.6%, but in adults over 80, it soars to more than 70%. In the United

States, it affects a whopping 49.4% of adults. Celery can help.

This meta-analysis of 9 controlled studies found that celery safely and

significantly improves systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Celery also

significantly improves fasting plasma glucose and triglycerides. It did not

significantly impact cholesterol.

Looking more carefully at the data, the researchers found that celery seed

significantly improves blood pressure, blood sugar and total cholesterol. When

only the leaves and stalks were used, only diastolic blood pressure improved

significantly.

This finding is not entirely surprising, as the 3-n-butylphthalide found in the seeds

is probably the most powerful part of the plant for blood pressure and insulin

resistance.

Previous research has shown that celery seed extract significantly improves

blood pressure (Phytother Res. 2022 Jul;36(7):2889-2907) as well as fasting

blood sugar, triglycerides and, this time, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and

HDL cholesterol (Inflammopharmacology. 2022;30(5):1669-84).

This promising research adds to the evidence that celery, and especially celery

seed extract, can help the all to common problem of high blood pressure, while

also helping high blood sugar.

Front Nutr. 2025 Jul 22;12:1597680.