Fat-free milk may lower hypertension risk
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPI) -- Women who drank more fat-free milk and consumed more calcium and vitamin D -- not from supplements -- had a lower risk of hypertension, a U.S. study found. Researchers at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., examined the diets of nearly 30,000 middle-aged and older women and found those who consumed more low-fat milk and milk products and had diets higher in calcium and vitamin D from foods were better protected against high blood pressure. Women who drank two or more servings of fat-free milk each day reduced their risk for high blood pressure by up to 10 percent compared to those who drank fat-free milk less than once a month. However, this did not appear to be true with higher-fat milk and milk products or calcium and vitamin D supplement users, the study said. In the last decade, there has been significant increases in uncontrolled high blood pressure in U.S. women, a condition that puts them at serious risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke and kidney failure. The study was published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPI) -- Women who drank more fat-free milk and consumed more calcium and vitamin D -- not from supplements -- had a lower risk of hypertension, a U.S. study found. Researchers at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., examined the diets of nearly 30,000 middle-aged and older women and found those who consumed more low-fat milk and milk products and had diets higher in calcium and vitamin D from foods were better protected against high blood pressure. Women who drank two or more servings of fat-free milk each day reduced their risk for high blood pressure by up to 10 percent compared to those who drank fat-free milk less than once a month. However, this did not appear to be true with higher-fat milk and milk products or calcium and vitamin D supplement users, the study said. In the last decade, there has been significant increases in uncontrolled high blood pressure in U.S. women, a condition that puts them at serious risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke and kidney failure. The study was published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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