Curcumin Lowers Systolic Blood Pressure in Diabetes Patients

A recent meta-analysis confirms that curcumin or turmeric supplementation modestly but significantly reduces systolic blood pressure in adults with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. The effect is more pronounced in individuals with existing hypertension. This suggests curcumin as a potential adjunctive therapy for blood pressure management.

• Curcumin supplementation significantly lowers systolic blood pressure in diabetes.
• Benefit is modest (around 2.69 mmHg reduction in SBP).
• More pronounced SBP reduction in patients with baseline hypertension.
• No overall significant effect on diastolic blood pressure, but some T2D subgroups showed reduction.
• The analysis included 15 randomized controlled trials with 855 participants.
• Curcumin acts as a potential adjunct therapy, not a primary treatment.

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