Meat-eaters have higher bp, are more hypertensive

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Meat-eaters have higher bp, are more hypertensive

Posted by: " Jyotishi " jyotish2000 jyotish2000

Tue Aug 8, 2006 7:08 am (PST)

Meat-eaters have higher blood pressure, are more

hypertensive

 

Many studies have compared the blood pressure levels

of people who have different diet-styles. Even when

the data have been adjusted to eliminate salt as a

variable, the following pattern is consistent:

 

Blood Pressure Levels

 

(highest ranked first)

 

1. Meat eaters

2. Lacto-ovo vegetarians

3. Pure vegetarians

 

- Burr, M., " Plasma Cholesterol and Blood Pressure in

Vegetarians, " Journal of Human Nutrition, 35:437, 1981

 

- Sacks, F., " Blood Pressure in Vegetarians, "

American Journal of Epidemiology, 100:390, 1974

 

- Armstrong, B., " . . . Blood Pressure in

Vegetarians, " American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,

32:2472, 1979

 

- Ophir, O., " Low Blood Pressure in Vegetarians, "

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 37:755, 1983

 

- Kaplan, N., " Non-Drug Treatment of Hypertension, "

Annals of Internal Medicine, 102:359, 1985

 

- Editorial, " Lowering Blood Pressure Without Drugs, "

Lancet, 2:459, 1980

 

- Rouse, I., " Blood Pressure Lowering Effect of a

Vegetarian Diet . . ., " Lancet, 1:5, 1983

 

Cited in " Diet for A New America " by Pulitzer-Prize

nominee John Robbins; Stillpoint; 1987.

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This must be true. Mine has dropped way down!!

 

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:13 PM

Meat-eaters have higher bp, are more

hypertensive

 

 

Meat-eaters have higher bp, are more hypertensive

Posted by: " Jyotishi " jyotish2000 jyotish2000

Tue Aug 8, 2006 7:08 am (PST)

Meat-eaters have higher blood pressure, are more

hypertensive

 

Many studies have compared the blood pressure levels

of people who have different diet-styles. Even when

the data have been adjusted to eliminate salt as a

variable, the following pattern is consistent:

 

Blood Pressure Levels

 

(highest ranked first)

 

1. Meat eaters

2. Lacto-ovo vegetarians

3. Pure vegetarians

 

- Burr, M., " Plasma Cholesterol and Blood Pressure in

Vegetarians, " Journal of Human Nutrition, 35:437, 1981

 

- Sacks, F., " Blood Pressure in Vegetarians, "

American Journal of Epidemiology, 100:390, 1974

 

- Armstrong, B., " . . . Blood Pressure in

Vegetarians, " American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,

32:2472, 1979

 

- Ophir, O., " Low Blood Pressure in Vegetarians, "

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 37:755, 1983

 

- Kaplan, N., " Non-Drug Treatment of Hypertension, "

Annals of Internal Medicine, 102:359, 1985

 

- Editorial, " Lowering Blood Pressure Without Drugs, "

Lancet, 2:459, 1980

 

- Rouse, I., " Blood Pressure Lowering Effect of a

Vegetarian Diet . . ., " Lancet, 1:5, 1983

 

Cited in " Diet for A New America " by Pulitzer-Prize

nominee John Robbins; Stillpoint; 1987.