Eggs May Lower High Blood Pressure
Written by WTJ on February 22, 2009 – 12:23 pm -
Good news for egg-lovers again, researchers do not only prove that eggs do not increase your blood cholesterol, but also link to lowering high blood pressure.
Kaustav Majumber and Jianping Wu at University of Alberta, Canada, discovered that eggs can reduce hypertension. Eggs reacted like ACE-inhibiting prescription drugs, which lowered the blood pressure. They discovered that stomach and small intestines reacted by producing proteins when eggs were consumed. These proteins released react in the body in a similar manner like the blood pressure medication. Researchers also found that fried eggs had more ACE-like inhibiting activity than boiled eggs. The discovery was published in American Chemical Association’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
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February 22nd, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Wow good news! I’ve always limit myself the most 2 eggs a day. Now i can eat all i wan!
February 22nd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
My dad is a walking proof that eggs lower cholesterol… He eats 5-7 eggs a day.. normal eggs… not those lower cholesterol or omega-3 eggs… His cholesterol reading is consistently at 3…
I am following his footsteps…
April 8th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Really? Protein in eggs are found in egg whites, how about the eggyolk?