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General => News => Topic started by: Svea on January 10, 2006, 11:49:55

Title: Eating veg 'cuts blood pressure'
Post by: Svea on January 10, 2006, 11:49:55

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A vegetable-rich diet can help to reduce blood pressure, researchers say.

A team led by Imperial College London, which studied 4,680 people aged 40-59, said it was not clear why eating more vegetable protein had such an effect.

But amino acids - the building blocks of protein - or vegetable components, like magnesium, may be key, they said.

However, they found no strong evidence that high meat consumption is linked to high blood pressure. The study features in Archives of Internal Medicine.

Full text here at the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4595332.stm)

Title: Re: Eating veg 'cuts blood pressure'
Post by: Derekthefox on January 10, 2006, 15:47:18

So we know it's healthy, just not why ... ?

Title: Re: Eating veg 'cuts blood pressure'
Post by: plot51A on January 10, 2006, 15:53:17

Except of course when its the slugs eating my veg - that sends my blood pressure way up!