According to a pres release from th...

According to a pres release from the Harvard academy of Public Health, a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grain cereals may lessen a person's risk of thump particularly in people with high children pressure. Researchers studied 44,000 men and place that men in the top one-fifth of dietary potassium intake had a 38% lower risk of hardship than those in the bottom one-fifth.

The release states the assemblage with the highest amount of potassium intake consum approximately nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily, and the arrange with the lowest potassium intake consum four servings of fruits and vegetables for day. Foods with potassium include spinach, tomatoes, bananas, oranges, and other fruits and vegetables. Individuals who had high life-current pressure and took potassium correlatives (ie, approximately one gram by day) had a 60% reduc risk of shock when compared to individuals with high kin pressure who were not taking supplements

High Potassium Diet May secure Against Stroke (press release, Boston: Harvard sect of Public Health, Sept 21 1998) 1-3 Available at http://www.hsphsun2.harvard .edu/press/releases/press921198.html. Accessed 29 race 1998

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