Dietary fibre, blood pressure and plasma cholesterol

Burr, Michael Leslie, Sweetnam, P. M., Barasi, M. and Bates, C. J. 1985. Dietary fibre, blood pressure and plasma cholesterol. Nutrition Research 5 (5) , pp. 465-472. 10.1016/S0271-5317(85)80156-1

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Abstract

Blood pressure and plasma cholesterol were measured in 300 customers of health food shops, many of whom had a high intake of dietary fibre. Blood pressure tended to be lower in subjects consuming high quantities of cereal fibre; it was estimated that systolic and diastolic pressures were lower by 4 and 3mmHg respectively for every 100g/week (14g/day) increase in cereal fibre. Total plasma cholesterol tended to be lower at high levels of intake of fruit and vegetable fibre, amounting to a decrease of 0.3mmol/1 for every 100g/week increase in fibre. These effects were not explained by vegetarianism.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Uncontrolled Keywords:	dietary fibre; blood pressure; cholesterol
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0271-5317
Last Modified:	04 May 2016 03:08
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/62451

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