Most of the time, I allow my teas to brew for 3-4 minutes. That being said, I've found that this causes my resting systolic blood pressure to reach between 131 - 140 - diastolic is usually 80 or slightly less. On most days, I'll usually have 4 teas, each being ~ 200 ml.
If I stop having tea, BP goes back down to ~ 120/80.
This is cetainly most unusual. You seem to be particularly sentitive to coffein. Most sutides have found a net blood pressure lowering effect from green tea.
How does one consume 30 gm of ground flax? Mix it into yoghurt or oats?
I wouldn't recommend consuming 30 g at once, unless you don't mind rushing to the toilet. How did they manage that dose in the study? Well...
In this prospective, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized trial, patients (110 in total) ingested a variety of foods that contained 30 g of milled flaxseed or placebo each day over 6 months.
This is exactly what I would recommend. Milled flaxseed, with its sweet and nutty taste, can easily be incorporated into a variety of foods. I add a tbsp (~10 g) to my morning müsli (this is the largest dose I would recommend to eat at once). It's delicious sprinkled over yogurt or porridge or added to homemade breads and pastries (breads made with lots of sunflower and flax seed are quite popular here, so fortunately I don't have to bake my own). Because of the mucilage in the seed coats, you can even use it as an egg substitute in doughs - just replace one egg with 20 g of milled flaxseed and 4 cl of hot water blended in the mixer (I often use flaxseed instead of eggs when baking the luscious chocolate-nut cake that scared you so much). Oh, and of course you can add them to your smoothies, giving them a nice, viscous consistency. Just make sure not to overdose on them when you don't have a toilet nearby
Edited by timar, 22 April 2015 - 08:41 AM.