CONSUMPTION OF NITRATE-RICH VEGETABLES TO REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE

食用富含植物性食物的饮食可以降低血压。然而，这些饮食中最重要的降血压成分尚未明确定义。将对血压升高的人进行干预研究，以确定增加食用蔬菜是否会降低血压，以及食用富含硝酸盐的蔬菜（主要是绿色叶菜）是否会对血压产生更大的益处。

Consumption of plant food-rich diets lowers blood pressure. However, the most important components of these diets for blood pressure lowering have not been clearly defined. An intervention study in people with elevated blood pressure will be conducted to determine if increased consumption vegetables results in lower blood pressure, and if focused advice to consume nitrate-rich vegetables (mainly green leafy vegetables) will result in greater benefit on blood pressure.