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Article: Vitamin C may help lower blood pressure
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 25, 1991
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If you want a possible new antidote for high blood pressure, try
vitamin C. There's growing evidence that high blood pressure may be
partly caused by a lack of vitamin C, insists British expert Dr.
Christopher J. Bulpitt at the Hammersmith Hospital in London.
Writing recently in a medical journal, he cited these
observations that led him to that conclusion:
Death from stroke, associated with high blood pressure, is
highest in regions where people have the lowest intake of vitamin C.
Blood pressure is lower in individuals who consume more vitamin
C.
Blood pressure goes up in winter as consumption of fresh fruits
and vegetables rich in vitamin C goes down.
Older people are more ...