date:Mar 20, 2014
Eating a vegetarian diet appears to be associated with lower blood pressure, and the diets can also be used to reduce blood pressure, according to research from the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Osaka, Japan.
The study, undertaken by Yoko Yokoyama, PhD, MPH, of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre in Osaka, was published on 24 February 2014 in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
Factors such as diet, body weight, physical activity and alcohol intake play a role in t