(WebMD) — Nutrients called isoflavones — found in soy, green tea, peanuts, and other plant foods — may help to lower blood pressure.
Researchers reported that news today at the American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting.
The researchers studied data from more than 5,000 Americans who were followed for 20 years, starting when they were 18-30 years old.
They filled out dietary surveys, which showed a blood pressure benefit for people who ate the most isoflavones. Their systolic blood pressure (the first number in a blood pressure reading) was, on average, 5.5 points lower than people who ate the least amount of isoflavones.
In Search of Isoflavones
It’s fairly easy to add isoflavones to your diet, says researcher Safiya Richardson, a graduating medical student at Columbia University. An 8-ounce glass of soy milk has about 22 milligrams of isoflavones, and 100 grams of roasted soybeans have as much as 130 milligrams.
Richardson also considered other factors that can affect blood pressure, including age, sex, weight, smoking, alcohol, physical activity, and total calories eaten.
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Soy is ofcourse the best lactose free nutrient rich in calcium and protein; isoflavons are also helpful; but can any body clarify how to avoid the potassium contribution of soy milk for those cardiac patients who have higher potassium levels in their blod?
Soy has also been attributed to horrible side effects such as panic attacks and anxiety. I discontinued soy when I had difficulty being in enclosed spaces such as airplanes. Now I am able to travel without that concern.
It’s very interesting to know that Isoflavones, help to reduce blood pressure,but can I get more information about the document, report or article presented at the American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting. This with the porpuse of reed it and convince us to include in our diet soy, green tea, peanuts and others.
Would rather drink green tea…..what amount & what kind are suggested?? Than k you fo r the answer
Carole Rule
the last paragraph (richardson)other things that can affect blood press,,age SEX smoking drinking activity,,what do we do when we get to 70 curl up n croak it in a corner, Smokin YEA, DRINK a little YEA but give up the other 2 up come on PAL, some fun left YET
Smoking is fun???? Yikes!
almost everything we eat have some side effects so we have to consume in moderation. My blood pressure has been good for the past six years without medication. I do not know if it is attributed to soy but I use soy instead of regular milk for quite a while now.