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Fruit fiber, but not vegetable or cereal fiber, is inversely associated with the incidence of hypertension.

To benefit your blood pressure, focus on consuming fruit fiber rather than just any fiber. This study suggests that fruit fiber specifically is linked to a lower risk of hypertension, whereas vegetable and cereal fiber did not show the same association.

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Fruit fiber but not vegetable or cereal fiber was inversely associated with incidence of hypertension.
Alberto Ascherio et al. · Circulation · 1992

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Prospective cohort design, specific subgroup analysis of fiber sources.

Source

A prospective study of nutritional factors and hypertension among US men.

Alberto Ascherio et al. · Circulation · 1992

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