Posted on 10/07/2009 7:30:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Eating lots of whole grains could ward off high blood pressure, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
In the study, men with the highest whole-grain consumption were 19 percent less likely to develop high blood pressure than men who ate the least amount of whole grains.
While refining grains removes their outer coating, whole grains retain their bran and germ, so they are richer in many nutrients, Dr. Alan J. Flint of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and his colleagues note in their report.
The most recent US guidelines recommend that people get at least 3 ounces, or 85 grams, of whole grains daily, and that they consume at least half of their grains as whole grains.
There's evidence, the investigators note, that women who eat more whole grains are less likely to develop high blood pressure, also called hypertension, but there is less information on how whole grains might affect men's heart health.
To investigate, Flint and his team looked at data from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, which has followed 51,529 men since 1986, when the study participants were 40 to 75 years old. They looked at a subset of 31,684 men free of hypertension, cancer, stroke or heart disease at the study's outset. During 18 years of follow-up, 9,227 of them developed hypertension.
The men in the top fifth of whole grain consumption, who averaged about 52 grams daily, were 19 percent less likely than the men in the bottom fifth, who ate an average of about 3 grams of whole grains daily, to develop hypertension during follow-up.
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Does this have anything to do with the report out that rice and grains have fallen in price? Or is it because Obama’s loons will soon enough see to it we aren’t eating meat??
Does anyone know if oatmeal is a whole grain? Cuz I eat TONS of non-instant oatmeal...
Nonsense.
Red meat and Gin. If it worked for Julia Child....
Oat gluten is one of earth’s wonder foods. And yes, it does help to clean fats out through the bowel so it is heart healthy.
You wrote the magic word ... now I’m off for the Bombay Sapphire, a splash of extra dry vermouth and three Queen-sized stuffed olives.
Don’t forget the T-bones...
Don’t eat much red meat ... and supper is hours ago.
May or May not both equivocal
Could or Could not both equivocal
This article is obviously useless trash.
Oatmeal is probably the healthiest thing you could eat. It is known to reduce cholesterol.
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