Thu, Dec 15, 2016
If you still do not know how to cook gazpacho, then surely
learn. Regular consumption of this soup can contribute
reduce hypertension, Spanish is said
the researchers.
Hypertension is one of the major health problems it has
about 25% of the adult population suffers. It is this disease that is
major risk factor for myocardial or myocardial infarction
brain. The researchers analyzed how consumption
Gazpacho has affected 3995 participants in the PREDIMED study,
which is to prevent cardiovascular diseases
studies the effects of the Mediterranean diet on high
risk of developing this pathology.
Previous clinical and epidemiological studies also
tied the consumption of the main ingredients of gazpacho (tomato,
cucumber, garlic, olive oil, etc.) with a decrease in arterial
pressure. Now scientists want to convey to the masses that the regular
gazpacho consumption is as beneficial as component consumption
this dish separately. That is, gazpacho can reduce
hypertension, despite the fact that it contains salt, which is like
It is known for hypertensive patients undesirable. Probably biologically
the active elements of gazpacho neutralize the action of salt.
How are these results explained? Thanks to its ingredients
Gazpacho contains a lot of carotene, vitamin C and polyphenols. Such
the balance of the biologically active components of gazpacho makes it useful
for heart and vascular health. To find out to what extent
helpful, the experts used statistical logistic methods
regression and got the following result: the risk can be reduced
up to 27%.
