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A recent study suggests one bowl of whole grain breakfast cereal a day could lower a person’s risk of developing high blood pressure.Dr. Jinesh Kochar, fellow in geriatric medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and his team of researchers found a 20 percent decreased risk of hypertension in individuals who consumed whole grain breakfast cereals at least seven times per week. “Physical activity along with consumption of whole grains can lower the risk of hypertension,” Kochar told AOL Health.

During this study, Kochar and his team analyzed data from 13,368 male doctors ranging in age from 39 to 85 who participated in the Physicians Health Study, a landmark study which began in 1982 to examine the benefits and risks of aspirin and beta carotene in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer. None of the individuals suffered from high blood pressure at the beginning of the study; however, after a 16 year follow up, 7,267 men developed hypertension.

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