Syracuse (WSYR-TV) -- Yogurt has long been associated with
eating and helping your digestion. But did you know it can also
help keep your blood pressure down? A study presented to the
American Heart Association finds that adding yogurt to your diet
may help lower your risk for hypertension. For 15 years,
researchers followed 2,000 people who did not have high blood
pressure when the study started. Based on questionnaires they
filled out about yogurt consumption, the subjects were 31
percent less likely to get high blood pressure if at least two
percent of their daily calories came from yogurt. That would
mean eating at least one six-ounce cup of low-fat yogurt every
three days. Yogurt eaters also had, on average, lower systolic
blood pressure, that’s the first number in your blood pressure
reading. One caution, the study was partially funded by the
Dannon Yogurt Company.