People with high blood pressure stayed mostly on a plant-based, no-salt-oil-sugar diet for a year after the fast.

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Prolonged Water-Only Fasting Followed by a Whole-Plant-Food Diet Is a Potential Long-Term Management Strategy for Hypertension and Obesity

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2024 Nov 20

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Prolonged Water-Only Fasting Followed by a Whole-Plant-Food Diet Is a Potential Long-Term Management Strategy for Hypertension and Obesity

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DOI: 10.3390/nu16223959

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93% of people with high blood pressure stayed in the study for six weeks after doing a water-only fast and plant-based diet.

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People with high blood pressure who did a water-only fast followed by a plant-based diet saw their blood pressure drop to normal levels and stay that way for at least six weeks.

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