Study Says Soy Nuts
Combat High Blood Pressure

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Eating dry-roasted soy nuts may help post-menopausal women lower their blood pressure, according to a study released on Tuesday.

The finding may be of interest to women looking for an alternative to hormone replacement therapy, which was recently found to raise the risk of heart disease and breast cancer among long-term users.

Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, said they began looking at soy nuts because women in Japan, where soy consumption is high, have low rates of both heart disease and breast cancer.

They said a study involving 60 women over eight weeks found that a half-cup of dry-roasted soy nuts daily lowered systolic blood pressure by 10% and diastolic blood pressure by 7% among those in the study who had high blood pressure.

The decreases were 5% and 3%, respectively, for women with normal blood pressure. Lowering blood pressure helps prevent cardiovascular disease.

The report, issued at the annual scientific meeting of the American Heart Association, says the soy nut consumption appeared to produce the same drops in blood pressure that some medications do. While the results are promising, it said, a larger study will be needed to confirm them.

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