Just one glass of tomato juice a day protects against hypertension. This tells Medikforum.
Daily bottle of unsalted tomato juice volume of 200 ml reduces the risk of heart disease, according to new research. Tomato juice reduces blood pressure and cholesterol figures in people at risk. However, some experts have criticized the results of this study, as the authors did not taking into account other foods, uses observations participants, as well as their overall image life.
The study was conducted by scientists from the Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, it took 481 people attended, which is being watched throughout the year. All of them were given as much tomato juice as they wanted. The volunteers kept diaries that record the exact amount of juice consumed each day, as well as changes in health, that they watched at home.
The vast majority of participants in the experiment consumed one bottle of 200 ml unsalted tomato juice daily. At 94 volunteer blood pressure during this period dropped to 3%. It was people who had a complete prehypertension or hypertension, but not treated with the appropriate drug treatment. In absolute terms, this corresponds to a pressure reduction at 4 mm Hg on average. Among those with elevated cholesterol levels was recorded, 125 persons were able to with the help of tomato juice reduce its performance by 3.3%. Recall that the cholesterol blocks blood vessels, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
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