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Joan Stephenson, PhD

JAMA. 2000;284:1371.

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A new study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has found that the blood pressure-lowering DASH diet—a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet that stresses consumption of fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy foods—also reduces blood levels of homocysteine, an amino acid linked to an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease (Circulation. 2000;102:852-857). DASH is an acronym for the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension trial, which found that this type of diet significantly lowers blood pressure.

In the study of 118 participants, the researchers found that people who were randomly assigned to follow the DASH diet for 8 weeks had significantly lower homocysteine levels than those of participants who ate a typical American diet (which contains about 37% fat and is low in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products). People in a third group, who ate the typical diet plus additional fruits and vegetables, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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