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Of the walnuts to reduce the risk of hypertension?

To eat some walnuts would decrease the risks of hypertension, concludes a survey by American led about 16 men 000 physicians, in the cinquantaine1. The only problem: to take advantage of the virtues of walnuts hypertensive, he seems that one must be thin.

According to the results, the participants who did not have problem of overweight (indication of bodily mass index (BMI) smaller than 25) and that consumed some walnuts every day ran 23% less risk to make hypertension that those that did not eat some . However, those that made the plumpness (BMI more big or equal to 25) and that had some walnuts regularly to their menu did not risk to suffer less from hypertension that those that went without some.

The authors of the survey badly themselves explain why the men who had a problem of overweight did not follow the same tendency that their colleagues who displayed a weight health. The fact that the walnut is considered a food like that makes enlarge have distorted the data returned by the topics that had an overweight, the researchers advance.

This premise have concealed the beneficial effect of walnuts the participants at these, they believe. However, the results gotten with the thin people justify to them only that one pursues the research on the topic, estimate the authors of the survey.

It is not the first time that a survey suggests that the consumption of walnut is beneficial for the arterial pressure. In 2006, some researchers showed that indeed a Mediterranean regime enriched in walnut was associated to a least blood pressure that in the case of a scheme merely reduced in gras2.

One ignores what returns this beneficial food for the arterial pressure. his unsaturated fat, his fibers, his antioxidants, his magnesium, his potassium and his vitamins would all be able to play a role . The regular consumption of walnut could also attenuate the risk of diabetes of type 2, a risk factor of hypertension. besides, the walnuts are poor in sodium. enemy number one of the hypertensive. under the condition to choose them not salty, of course.

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