| You've heard it before, and you'll hear it again. What | | | | from 25 clinical trials and all the data pointed to one |
| you eat can affect your blood pressure. Now there's | | | | strong conclusion-adding fiber to a person's diet has a |
| an additional study to support this claim. Researchers | | | | health effect on their blood pressured lead author and |
| at Tulane University analyzed data on almost 1,500 | | | | medical student Seamus Shelton said in a prepared |
| adults in more than two dozen studies and found that | | | | statement. |
| eating between about seven grams to 19 grams if | | | | Actually, nutritional guidelines recommend more fiber |
| fiber a day led to a reduction in both systolic and | | | | than what was indicated in the Tulane University study. |
| diastolic blood pressure (the top and bottom figures, | | | | The recommended is 20 grams to 35 grams of fiber a |
| respectively, in a blood pressure reading). | | | | day. |
| ''We performed a comprehensive analysis of data | | | | |