Monday, March 16, 2015

Reduce Heart Attack and Stroke with Diet

Research in Chicago found evidence that the recommended diet for lowering blood pressure can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. This study was followed by 88,000 healthy women aged nearly 25 years. The researchers examined the woman's food choices and see how much you suffered a heart attack and stroke. Those who have the result (result) good is the women who followed the diet recommended by the government to reduce high blood pressure. The plan, called the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) includes fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk, and vegetables contain lots of protein than meat.

Women with diets that about 24% have a lower risk of experiencing heart attack and 18% less likely to have a stroke than other women. Each 2 of 5 women aged 50 years in the United States has the potential to experience the heart and blood vessel disorders that include heart attacks and strokes. Previous research shows that diet can help children prevent high blood pressure and cholesterol, both of which can cause a heart attack.

The latest research is published in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine. Approximately 15,000 women in the study followed the diet can lower blood pressure. They eat two times servings of fruits, vegetables, and wheat compared with 18000 other women who followed a diet that ordinary American women. Although this study only to learn about women, Fung said that man can obtain the same advantages with this approach. This study is limited because only women can follow the diet for 24 years. Due to the limitations, Dr. Laura Svetkey, director of the Hypertension Center at Duke University said that the study provides good research results in the long term derived diet high blood pressure reduction.

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