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Effects of a Raw Food Diet on Hypertension and Obesity

Authors: JOHN M. DOUGLASS MD, IRVING M. RASGON MD, PAUL M. FLEISS MD, MPH, RAYMOND D. SCHMIDT OCR, SUE N. PETERS RN, ELIZABETH A. ABELMANN RD

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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<.00001). Eighty percent of those who smoked or drank alcohol abstained spontaneously.

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