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  • Diet reduces heart attacks, strokes

    04/14/2008 2:25:38 PM PDT · by neverdem · 13 replies · 67+ views
    San Luis Obispo Tribune ^ | Apr. 14, 2008 | LINDSEY TANNER
    AP Medical Writer A large study offers the strongest evidence yet that a diet the government recommends for lowering blood pressure can save people from heart attack and stroke. Researchers followed more than 88,000 healthy women for almost 25 years. They examined their food choices and looked at how many had heart attacks and strokes. Those who fared best had eating habits similar to those recommended by the government to stop high blood pressure. The plan, called the DASH diet, favors fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk and plant-based protein over meat. Women with those eating habits were 24 percent...