A high flavanol diet may lead to lower blood pressure The first study to use an objective measure to look at 25,000 people's diet People who consume a diet, including flavanol-rich foods and drinks, including tea, apples, and berries, could lead to lower blood pressure, according to the first study using objective measures of thousands of UK residents' diet. The findings, published in Scientific Reports , studied the diet of more than 25,000 people in Norfolk, UK, and compared what they ate with their blood pressure. In contrast to most other studies investigating links between nutrition and health, the researchers did not rely on study participants reporting their diet but instead measured flavanol intake objectively using nutritional biomarkers -- indicators of dietary intake, metabolism, or nutritional status present in our blood. The difference in blood pressure between those with the lowest 10% of flavonol intake and those with the highest 10% of intake was between 2 an
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