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Treating High Blood Pressure With A Whole Food Plant-Based Diet

By | June 25th, 2015 | Modified - June 25th, 2015
Treating High Blood Pressure With A Plant-Based Diet
Treating High Blood Pressure With A Plant-Based Diet

High blood pressure is the number one risk factor for death in the world.[1] It is beneficial to have blood pressure down around 110/70, and people who eat a whole food plant-based diet naturally have blood pressure in this range.

Populations in rural Africa and in rural China who ate primarily plant-based foods had blood pressure in this health supporting range.[2] [3] Whole food plant-based diets offer the best protection against obesity, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and cardiovascular death compared to other diets.[4]

Based on the above study of 89,000 people, people who ate lacto-ovo-vegetarian meat-free diet (eggs and dairy were included in their diets) cut their risk of high blood pressure by 55%. People who ate a strictly plant-based diet cut their risk of high blood pressure by 75%.

Though a whole food plant-based diet has been shown to be effective in treating high blood pressure, several plant-based foods offer greater protection against high blood pressure. A few tablespoons of flaxseeds possess one of the strongest anti-hypertensive effects of plant-based foods.[5] The good ole watermelon is very protective of high blood pressure, but you have to eat around two pounds a day to really see its benefits.

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[1] S Bromfield, P Muntner. High blood pressure: the leading global burden of disease risk factor and the need for worldwide prevention programs. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2013 Jun;15(3):134-6. doi: 10.1007/s11906-013-0340-9.
[2] C P Donnison, B S Lond. Blood pressure in the African Native. It’s bearing upon the aetiology of hyperplasia and aterio-sclerosis. 1929 Jan 5-213;5497:6-7. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)49248-2.
[3] W R Morse, Y T Beh. Blood pressure amongst aboriginal ethnic groups of Szechwan Province, West China. Lancet, 1937 Apr 229;5929:966-968.
[4] L T Le, J Sabate. Beyond meatless, the health effects of vegan diets: findings from the Adventist cohorts. Nutrients. 2014 May 27;6(6):2131-47. doi: 10.3390/nu6062131
[5] D Rodriguez-Leyva, W Weighell, A L Edel,R LaVallee, E Dibrov,R Pinneker, T G Maddaford, B Ramjiawan, M Aliani, R Guzman R, G N Pierce. Potent antihypertensive action of dietary flaxseed in hypertensive patients. Hypertension. 2013 Dec;62(6):1081-9. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.02094.

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Aqiyl Aniys is the author of the book Alkaline Herbal Medicine, the Alkaline Plant Based Diet book, and the children's book, Faith and Justice eat an Alkaline Plant Based Diet." He received a certificate in plant-based nutrition from Cornell University, a BA in Organizational Behavior and Communications from NYU, worked as an elementary school teacher, and studied social work. He enjoys boxing, kick boxing, cycling, power walking, and basically anything challenging, and his alkaline plant-based diet supports all that he does. Learn more about transitioning to avegan diet using the Dr. Sebi nutritional guide.

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