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five-a-day There is strong evidence to show that a balanced diet built around fruit and vegetables is the best way to tackle blood pressure, making the UK's current "obsession" with salt "irrelevant". One of the many scientific exponents of this view is Dr David McCarron, an internationally recognised and independent authority on diet in heart disease. He believes that mineral deficiency is a much more significant cause of high blood pressure and that the real answer is to improve overall dietary quality. The DASH sodium trial in the US demonstrated that, even in subjects with high blood pressure and at increased risk of exhibiting sensitivity to salt, blood pressure was uninfluenced by salt intake as long as fruit, vegetable and dairy intake was sufficient. And a paper published just this year (2008) by the UK Cabinet Office says that raising the amount of fruit and vegetables people eat to at least five-a-day could have the biggest impact in tackling the number of diet-related cardiovascular cases and cancer deaths. It adds that the Health Survey for England (2005) found that just 26% of men and 30% of women were eating the recommended five-a-day. Further information:Press release DASH diet eating plan
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