Posts Tagged ‘Lowering Blood Pressure’

Low-carb Diet Best for Lowering Blood Pressure

27th January 2010 by admin No Comments

People with high blood pressure who want to drop some pounds may want to choose a low-carb diet, a new study shows.
In the study, overweight or obese individuals who went on a low-carb diet lost about the same amount of weight as those who cut down on their fat intake and took the weight-loss aid [...]

Low-Carb Diet Reduces Blood Pressure

27th January 2010 by admin No Comments

Researchers have found a low-carbohydrate diet helps people lose weight as effectively as a popular weight loss drug, and trumps the drug at lowering cholesterol.
Researchers of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center have shown low-carb diets are more successful in lowering blood pressure than the weight-loss drug orlistat.
“If people have high blood [...]