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Advances in Nutritional Research pp 35–78Cite as

The Role of Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension

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Increase in blood pressure with age is a common finding in industrialized societies. High blood pressure increases the risk of cardiovascular complications like stroke and coronary heart disease. Hypertension can be treated with pharmacological and nonpharmacological means. The pharmacological approach has dominated the field of antihypertensive therapy because nonpharmacological methods have been considered either weak or infeasible. However, many nonpharmacological factors, particularly obesity and the intake of alcohol, fats and various minerals have been found to influence blood pressure both in cross-sectional and prospective studies (Kaplan, 1985).

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