Plant-based diet protects from hypertension, preeclampsia

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) A plant-based diet appears to afford significant protection to rats bred to become hypertensive on a high-salt diet, scientists report. When the rats become pregnant, the whole grain diet also protects the mothers and their offspring from deadly preeclampsia.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news