Interesting sudy... Notice that last line thrown in. We've noticed that people generally seem to treat all aspects of their health in the same way.  What's everyone else make of this?



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South Med J. 1985 Jul;78(7):841-4.  Related Articles, Links  


Effects of a raw food diet on hypertension and obesity.

Douglass JM, Rasgon IM, Fleiss PM, Schmidt RD, Peters SN, Abelmann EA.

We examined responses to cooked and uncooked food in 32 outpatients with essential hypertension; 28 were also overweight. By varying cooked and uncooked food percentages and salt intake, patients acted as their own control subjects in this unblinded study. After a mean duration of 6.7 months, average intake of uncooked food comprised 62% of calories ingested. Mean weight loss was 3.8 kg and mean diastolic pressure reduction 17.8 mm Hg, both statistically significant (P less than .00001). Eighty percent of those who smoked or drank alcohol abstained spontaneously.

PMID: 4012382 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]