Aubrey Beardsley paintings

Aubrey Beardsley paintings
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The diastolic pressure (the lower number) also declined — by 3.5 points with the regular diet and 1.6 points on the low-fat diet. Consuming six grams of salt produced an intermediate benefit. A healthy diet and lower salt intake "both lower blood pressure substantially, with greater effects in combination than singly," Sacks and his colleagues concluded.Reducing blood pressure by three points may not seem like a lot, Dr. Philip Greenland of Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago said in an editorial in the Journal. But the population-wide impact could be significant.A decrease in two diastolic points cuts the risk of high blood pressure by 17 percent, the risk of heart disease by 6 percent and the chance of a stroke or angina by 15 percent.