Scientists have identified a diet to lower blood pressure

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A diet with dietary fiber has been shown to be able to lower blood pressure. Researchers have even explained how food affects the health indicator.

The authors of a new scientific paper suggested that increased production of acetate and butyrate in the large intestine may reduce blood pressure in patients with arterial hypertension.

The production of these substances can be increased by including resistant acetylated and butylated corn starch with a high amylose content in the diet. When the microbes ferment this, large amounts of acetate and butyrate are released in the colon.

In the study, participants were given diets that were comparable in protein, fat, and carbohydrate content. However, some diets had more fiber and resistant starch, while others had less.

The group that ate more fiber and starch had an average daily systolic blood pressure of 4 millimeters of mercury lower. The researchers concluded that a diet with added prebiotic fiber may help treat hypertension.