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Diet: Drinking tea and eating apples could help lower blood pressure and fight off heart disease

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Drinking tea and eating apples can help lower blood pressure and fight off heart disease, study claims

  • Researchers studied the diet and blood pressure of 25,168 people from Norfolk
  • They measured flavanol intake using biomarkers, rather than self-reporting
  • They found a high flavanol diet could lead to up to 4mmHg lower blood pressure
  • This is equivalent to the benefits of a Mediterranean or anti-hypertension diet

By Ian Randall For Mailonline

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Published: 14:25 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 07:34 BST, 22 October 2020

A diet rich in flavanols — such as are found in apples, berries and tea — can help to lower your blood pressure and stave off heart disease, a study has claimed.

British and US researchers studied the diet and blood pressure of 25,168 people living in the English county of Norfolk.

They found that, on average, a person with a flavanol-rich diet had a blood pressure up to 4 mmHg (millimetres of mercury) lower than a person with low flavanol intake. 

This is the same as the ‘meaningful’ change in blood pressure seen in those adhering to a Mediterranean or Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. 

A diet rich in flavanols — such as are found in apples, berries and tea — can help to lower your blood pressure and stave off heart disease, a study has claimed

Unlike past studies which have typically relied on people reporting their own food and drink intake, the team used nutritional biomarkers — blood-based indicators of dietary intake, metabolism or nutritional status — to determine flavanol levels.

‘What this study gives us is an objective finding about the association between flavanols — found in tea and some fruits — and blood pressure,’ said paper author and nutritionist Gunter Kuhnle of the University of Reading.

‘This research confirms the results from previous dietary intervention studies and shows that the same results can be achieved with a habitual diet rich in flavanols.’

‘In the British diet, the main sources are tea, cocoa, apples and berries,’ he added.

‘This is one of the largest ever studies to use nutritional biomarkers to investigate bioactive compounds,’ Professor Kuhnle continued.

‘Using nutritional biomarkers to estimate intake of bioactive food compounds has long been seen as the gold standard for research, as it allows intake to be measured objectively,’ he added.

‘In contrast to self-reported dietary data, nutritional biomarkers can address the huge variability in food composition. We can therefore confidently attribute the associations we observed to flavanol intake.’ 

'This research confirms the results from previous dietary intervention studies and shows that the same results can be achieved with a habitual diet rich in flavanols,' said paper author and nutritionist Gunter Kuhnle of the University of Reading

'In the British diet, the main sources [of flavanols] are tea, cocoa, apples and berries,' Professor Kuhnle added. Pictured: mixed berries

‘In the British diet, the main sources are tea, cocoa, apples (left) and berries (right),’ said paper author and nutritionist Gunter Kuhnle of the University of Reading

‘This study adds key insights to a growing body of evidence supporting the benefits of dietary flavanols in health and nutrition,’ said Hagen Schroeter, the chief science officer at Mars Edge, which funded the study and participated in the research. 

‘But perhaps even more exciting was the opportunity to apply objective biomarkers of flavanol intake at a large scale.’

‘This enabled the team to avoid the significant limitations that come with past approaches which rely on estimating intake based on self-reported food consumption data and the shortcomings of current food composition databases.’

The full findings of the study were published in the journal Scientific Reports.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?

High blood pressure, or hypertension, rarely has noticeable symptoms. But if untreated, it increases your risk of serious problems such as heart attacks and strokes.

More than one in four adults in the UK have high blood pressure, although many won’t realise it.

The only way to find out if your blood pressure is high is to have your blood pressure checked.

Blood pressure is recorded with two numbers. The systolic pressure (higher number) is the force at which your heart pumps blood around your body.

The diastolic pressure (lower number) is the resistance to the blood flow in the blood vessels. They’re both measured in millimetres of mercury (mmHg).

As a general guide:

  • high blood pressure is considered to be 140/90mmHg or higher
  • ideal blood pressure is considered to be between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg
  • low blood pressure is considered to be 90/60mmHg or lower
  • A blood pressure reading between 120/80mmHg and 140/90mmHg could mean you’re at risk of developing high blood pressure if you don’t take steps to keep your blood pressure under control.

If your blood pressure is too high, it puts extra strain on your blood vessels, heart and other organs, such as the brain, kidneys and eyes.

Persistent high blood pressure can increase your risk of a number of serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, such as:

  • heart disease
  • heart attacks
  • strokes
  • heart failure
  • peripheral arterial disease
  • aortic aneurysms
  • kidney disease
  • vascular dementia

Source: NHS

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