Medical News: Glutamic Acid May Lower Blood Pressure - in Primary Care, Diet & Nutrition from MedPage Today

Medical News: Glutamic Acid May Lower Blood Pressure - in Primary Care, Diet & Nutrition from MedPage Today: "Dietary glutamic acid -- the amino acid abundant in vegetables -- may have blood pressure-lowering effects, researchers have found. The amino acid had a consistent inverse relationship with blood pressure across several models, Jeremiah Stamler, MD, of Northwestern University, and colleagues reported in Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association. When glutamic acid intake comprised almost 5% of total dietary protein, systolic blood pressure averaged 1.5 to 3.0 mm Hg lower than then readings in people who consumed less glutamic acid.For diastolic, the reductions ranged from 1.0 to 1.6 mmHg. "