{"id":27977,"date":"2020-05-26T11:22:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T01:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=27977"},"modified":"2020-05-26T11:22:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T01:22:47","slug":"lowering-sugar-intake-lowers-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=27977","title":{"rendered":"Lowering sugar intake lowers blood pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BP_Testing.jpg\" alt=\"BP Testing\" class=\"wp-image-27978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BP_Testing.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BP_Testing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BP_Testing-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a Control trial, of 810 adult over the duration of the study, a reduction of one 12-oz serving of sugar-sweetened beverages per day was associated with an average of 1.8 mmHg (Units millimetre(s) of mercury [a unit of pressure equal to the pressure that can support a column of mercury 1 millimetre high]) reduction in systolic blood pressure and an average of 1.1 mmHg reduction in diastolic blood pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source<br>\nFuture Cardiol. 2010 Nov;6(6):773-6. doi: 10.2217\/fca.10.92. Sugar-sweetened beverages and hypertension. Feig DI1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Control trial, of 810 adult over the duration of the study, a reduction of one 12-oz serving of sugar-sweetened beverages per day was associated with an average of 1.8 mmHg (Units millimetre(s) of mercury [a unit of pressure equal to the pressure that can support a column of mercury 1 millimetre high]) reduction &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=27977\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lowering sugar intake lowers blood pressure&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27979,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27977\/revisions\/27979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}