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A new research has found that a diet developed for reducing cholesterol also lowers blood pressure.
This cholesterol lowering "portfolio diet" included foods that are scientifically-proven to lower cholesterol including mixed nuts, soy protein, plant sterols (found in vegetable oils and leafy vegetables) and viscous fibre (found in oats, barley and eggplant).
When compared with another diet recommended to reduce hypertension, the portfolio diet lowered blood pressure by an average two percent more, the findings showed....