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Fermented milk for hypertension.

Lotte Usinger¹, Christina Reimer, Hans Ibsen

¹Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark.LOTUSI01@glo.regionh.dk

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

|April 20, 2012

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Fermented milk consumption showed a modest, but not clinically significant, reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP). This review concludes that fermented milk is not an effective lifestyle intervention for hypertension management.

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Area of Science:

Cardiovascular Health
Nutritional Science
Gastroenterology

Background:

Hypertension is a major global risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Fermented milk contains proteins and peptides that may lower blood pressure.
Novel lifestyle interventions for blood pressure reduction are of significant interest.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the blood pressure-lowering effects of fermented milk products.
To compare fermented milk interventions against placebo or no treatment in human studies.

Main Methods:

Systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cross-over studies.
Searched multiple databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, and Food Science and Technology Abstracts.
Included studies with a minimum intervention period of 4 weeks.

Main Results:

A modest reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP) was observed (mean difference -2.45 mmHg).
No significant effect was found on diastolic blood pressure (DBP).
Heterogeneity and methodological weaknesses were noted in the included studies.

Conclusions:

The overall evidence does not support fermented milk as an effective treatment for hypertension.
The modest SBP effect was not reproducible in sensitivity analyses.
Fermented milk is unlikely to be a beneficial lifestyle intervention for blood pressure control.