February 24th, 2014
Meta-Analysis Links Vegetarian Diet and Lower Blood Pressure
Larry Husten, PHD
A new meta-analysis provides the strongest evidence yet that a vegetarian diet is strongly associated with lower blood pressure. Although various health benefits of a vegetarian diet have often been proposed, a rigorous examination of the effect on blood pressure has not been previously performed. In a paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine, Japanese researchers analyzed data from […]
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