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 |
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0271-5317(85)80156-1
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 |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
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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