Eating two pieces of a fruit per day can drastically reduce blood pressure
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPeople with high blood pressure could cure their condition by eating two pieces of fruit a day - according to new research. High blood pressure is a serious health condition which leads to coronary heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.
According to some experts people need to be eating more potassium - about an extra gram a day. This is the equivalent of two medium bananas, fruits which are easily available in every supermarket.
Scientists from Imperial College London found in a five-year study that analysed data from 20,995 people in China. Participants in the trial, who had previously suffered strokes or were over 60 with high blood pressure, were asked to consume salt as normal or were given a substitute in which a quarter of the salt was replaced with potassium.
The results, published in the Journal of Human Hypertension this year, showed that people on the potassium-rich diet had lower blood-pressure and a 14 per cent reduced chance of heart disease by the end of the study.
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