12/03/2012

Kiwi can effectively relieve hypertension

Many of us know we eat apples every day is beneficial to our health, but for hypertensive patients, apple is not the best diet fruit, sometimes we eat is not healthy, but for hypertension patients in macaque peach is a good choice.

The new study, the Affiliated Hospital of University of Oslo scientists were studied in 50 male participants and 68 female participants. The average age of 55 participants were randomly divided into two groups, a group of 3 per day to eat kiwi fruit ( " Kiwi "), another group of 1 per day to eat an apple ( " apple "), study for a period of 8 weeks. At the start of the study, participants average blood pressure of 128/85 mm Hg, and ideal blood pressure ( less than 120/80 mm Hg), slightly higher. In addition to increased fruit, participants diet with no other changes. 24 hours of random measurement participants' blood pressure. It was found, a day to eat 3 Kiwi blood pressure lowering effect than eat an apple every day better. The results showed, after 8 weeks, " Kiwi " group of participants of the cardiac systolic blood pressure than the " apple " group of participants as low as 3.6 mm hg.

The new study chief Dr Mitter Svendsen pointed out that, although the kiwi fruit is small, but its green flesh nutrition is rich, which content high antioxidant lutein has the efficacy of lowering the blood pressure. However, heart disease experts warned, without any kind of food can reduce heart disease of magic, this study is not illustrated, kiwi is a magic fruit, the public also cannot because of this new research results and blindly without supplementation of lutein supplements. Harvard University medical school professor Elliot Altmamn said, the results of this study is happy, but not so in hypertensive patients without stopping. However, the New York preventive cardiologist Dr. Suzanne Steinbam and other experts agree that, in the heart healthy " five daily servings of fruits and vegetables in the diet, " should include the kiwi.



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