Arterial Stiffness and Pulse Wave Velocity

#1

People who track the PWV metric, have you identified any significant improvements to it?

I’ve personally experimented with the following, which have varying degrees of evidence:

  • Aged garlic extract
  • Cocoa / chocolate
  • Hibiscus tea
  • Taurine
  • Tomato juice/paste (because of lycopene)
  • Blueberries
  • K2 MK7
  • Oranges (because of hesperidin)

Unfortunately, none of these have significantly altered the curve. However, I also measure PWV using the Withings Body Cardio, so its accuracy might be a factor.

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#2

My Oura ring 3 also measures this but like you not much seems to move the needle.
As well as the calculation the ring estimates how aligned with heart age your PWV is. Best Ive got to is ‘-3 tears’ below my heart age.
I too would be interested in advice.
Subjectively adding beetroot powder and nattokinase to my morning breakfast has been beneficial.

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#3

I’ve improved mine by doing aerobic exercise, and losing weight. In my case, losing weight has a more instantaneous impact on my PWV number.

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#4

I’ve added the following in the past month to try to improve:
Carol bike for HIIT
Endocalyx Pro
Natto
serrapeptase

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