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Article: Diet that targets blood pressure helps blacks the most, study says The DASH meal plan relies on fruits, veggies, low-fat dairy foods and protein
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 15, 1999
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Blacks benefit most from a low-fat, higher-protein diet rich in
fruits and vegetables that significantly lowers blood pressure, a
new study suggests.
Researchers examined the effects of three dietary patterns on
blood pressure in 459 adults with normal-but-high to high blood
pressure. Sixty percent of the participants were black, 34% were
white and 6% were of other races, according to a recent article in
Archives of Internal Medicine.
Researchers wanted a majority of black participants because
previous studies showed blacks are about 40% more likely than whites
to have high blood pressure. Blacks also tend to develop it earlier
and more severely, according to authors of the study, ...