Health of kidney disease patients: Diet and blood pressure
Three studies provide new information on diet and blood pressure in kidney disease patients: adding fruits and vegetables to the diet improves kidney disease patients’ health; poor nutrition plays a role in the link between poverty and kidney disease; and among kidney disease patients, Blacks are more likely to have uncontrolled blood pressure than Whites, the research finds.
November 1, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blacks, blood-pressure, diet, new-information, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, poor-nutrition, research, studies-provide, the-link, the-research, whites
Vitamin D Unlocks Racial Differences In Blood Pressure
New study identifies vitamin D as one of the likely explanations behind differences in blood pressure between Blacks and Whites Lower vitamin D levels may explain part of the disparity in hypertension that exists between Black and White people in the US. High blood pressure is more common in Blacks than in Whites and persons with darker skin generally produce less vitamin D…
April 27, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: black, blacks, hypertension, levels-may, likely-explanations, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, produce-less, study-identifies, whites, whites-lower
