Skimmed Milk Helps Fight Hypertension

Hypertension or hypertensia is a stealthy killer who ruins the health insidiously, draining the body’s immune defense day by day. Millions people all over the world suffer from hypertension. They take tons of medicines every day most of which have many side-effects.

According to a new research published in the American Heart Association magazine those who drink more skimmed milk run a lower risk of developing dangerous health conditions related to hypertension. They get calcium and vitamin D au naturel from milk instead of from biologic supplements. Calcium and vitamin D received from food are much more effective in inhibiting high blood pressure.

Scientists from Harvard studied the diets of more than thirty thousand aged individuals and found out that those who drank two and more cups of fat-free dairy products every day were able to control their blood pressure better.

The study underscores that fat-free dairy products, fruit and vegetables are conducive to lowering arterial blood pressure. Scientists recommend drinking three cups of skimmed milk or low fat milk every day. Milk contains nine of the most important nutrients including calcium, vitamin A, vitamin D, proteins, and potassium.