ORLANDO, USA (Reuters) – eat an Apple day
it would keep the doctor away, but three kiwis could reduce
blood pressure.
A study released at the scientific meeting of the
American Association in Orlando heart revealed that
eat three times a day the fruit of skin amarronada and hairy and
tender green interior was related to a reduction of the
pressure blood.
High pressure is considered a risk factor of
heart disease, which remains the main cause of
death in the world.
The eight week study led by Mette
Svendsen of the University Hospital in Oslo, Norway,
118 people with an average age of 55 and
pressure slightly high.
A group added three kiwis to their daily diet, while the
another added an Apple. Kiwis contain lutein, which has
Properties antioxidants.
After eight weeks, the researchers found that the
systolic pressure within 24 hours of the group that consumed kiwi was
on average about 3.6 millimeters of mercury than the of the
Apple users. Systolic pressure is the number
of the reading.
The diastolic blood pressure was also lower in the
cohort that consumed kiwis, although the association with the fruit
it was not so clear, they pointed to the researchers.
The team recommended that the findings are confirmed with
a broader study.
The surprising thing with kiwis study is perhaps that it was
made in Norway and not New Zealand.
