Sentences with phrase «consumption on blood pressure»

In the area of cardiovascular problems, the best research we've seen shows a consistently favorable impact of blueberry consumption on blood pressure, especially in persons with already elevated blood pressure.

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Since consumption of whole grain products and dietary fiber has been shown to reduce the risk of high blood pressure and heart attack, Harvard researchers decided to look at the effects of cereal consumption on heart failure risk and followed 21,376 participants in the Physicians Health Study over a period of 19.6 years.

High sodium consumption is associated with health problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease, and the FDA has put out new voluntary guidelines for commercial food producers to cut down on sodium in their products.

«The really surprising thing that we found is that amino acid intake has as much of an effect on blood pressure as established lifestyle risk factors such as salt intake, physical activity and alcohol consumption.

Even further, studies on high - fat diets show that increased consumption of saturated fat has beneficial impacts on cardiovascular disease risk markers, including decreasing the level of triglycerides, fasting glucose, blood pressure, as well as increasing HDL cholesterol blood levels.

Moderate alcohol consumption — up to one drink a day for women and two for men — may have beneficial effects on blood pressure.

Effects of fruit and vegetable consumption on plasma antioxidant concentrations and blood pressure: a randomized controlled trial.

FACT: When the results of the DASH Sodium trial are examined (see diagram in Figure 4), it is immediately apparent that merely moving to a DASH diet (red line) has a significantly greater impact on blood pressure than simply lowering salt consumption.

Decrease Salt Consumption: In some people, sodium increases blood pressure because it holds excess fluid in the body, placing an added burden on the heart.

If you look at the study (available free, full text), you'll see that diabetes risk depends on a number of factors, including your age, weight, smoking status, alcohol consumption, exercise, meat intake, fruit and vegetable intake, saturated fat intake, trans fat intake, polyunsatarated fat intake, your family history of diabetes, and a medical history of high cholesterol or high blood pressure.

The investigators had hypothesized that because chocolate appears to have a positive effect on blood pressure, chocolate consumption would lower the risk of strokes and heart attacks and that is, in fact, what the study found.

On average, compared to a placebo, the probiotic consumption lowered systolic blood pressure (the top number) by 3.56 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) by 2.38 mm Hg.

The only certain thing is that we don't know whether the change in salt consumption has lasting effect on blood pressure - in those instances when it does have appreciable effect - or it vanishes longer - term.

Studies on dark chocolate consumption confirm they may help reduce blood pressure, insulin resistance and heart disease.

As far back as 1997, the American Heart Association, who also brought us the 1,500 mg of sodium a day goal, published a study that showed how potassium could lower blood pressure, without any restrictions on salt consumption.

This is likely due to the impact of sugar consumption on heart disease risk factors, such as increased LDL cholesterol, increased blood pressure, obesity, insulin resistance and increased inflammatory markers (16, 18).

A study published in the September 2007 issue of «Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine,» reported that sesame oil consumption on a regular basis lowered blood pressure, decreased the oxidative degradation of fats and increased antioxidant levels in hypertensive patients.

Based on extensive research documenting that increased potassium intake reduces blood pressure (Whelton et al., 1997), at least part of the beneficial effect of increased fruit and vegetable intake on blood pressure results from increased potassium consumption.

In the Diet, Obesity, and Gene (Diogenes) Project, increased protein consumption together with a modest reduction in glycemic index was beneficial for weight control.49 Substituting protein for carbohydrate also partly resulted in lower blood pressure, improved lipids levels, and concomitantly reduced cardiovascular risk.50 Higher vitamin D intake might have beneficial effects on the reduction of visceral adipose tissue51 and other cardiovascular risk factors52.

Some studies have linked coffee consumption to better health and a lower risk of premature death, while others suggest that coffee — or rather caffeine — might contribute to heart disease through negative effects on blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart rate.

The researchers found that greater participation in caring for country activities was «associated with more frequent exercise and bush food consumption and with better health on most clinical outcomes», for example, a lower Body Mass Index, less abdominal obesity, less diabetes and lower blood pressure.