TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta - Familiarize yourself breakfast with whole grain cereals can reduce the risk of high blood pressure, according to new research.
"We found there is a reduced risk of high blood pressure about 20 percent in those with regular whole wheat breakfast cereal at least seven times a week," said Dr.Jinesh Kochar, leader of the study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and the VA Boston Healthcare System.
"Together with sehatm lifestyle such as reducing salt intake and physical activity, eating whole grains can help reduce the risk of chronic high blood pressure," said Kochar. The findings are not funded by any industry, presented at the American Heart Association conference in Atlanta on Tuesday.
For this study, Kochar team collected data from 13,368 male physicians who follow studies of physical health, which was first performed in 1982. At the time of this research, there are no participants who have high blood pressure. But within 16 years, 7267 men have high blood pressure.
At the time of the study, these men were divided into four groups, based on the pattern of their breakfast cereals. Then the researchers found, men who ate cereal at least once a week reduced their risk of high blood pressure for up to eight percent compared to men who did not eat cereal.
Eating cereal two to six times a week can reduce risk is also up to 16 percent.Encouraging those who ate cereal seven days a week the risk of heart disease by 25 percent.
Kochar speculated that partly because of very high-fiber whole grains. Whole wheat also is a micronutrient that is very good and can improve insulin sensitivity as well as relieve inflammation. Not to mention the content of vitami, minerals and potassium which serves to make blood vessels more relaxed. While the effects of whole grains are filling enough to make the body become longer need other foods.
Source: http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/kesehatan/2011/03/23/brk,20110323-322274,id.htmlI HealthDay / Utami
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