A paper in the December issue of Hypertension reports that long-term vitamin C supplementation has no effect on blood pressure, while another paper in the same journal reports that vitamin C does lower blood pressure after 1 month in type 2 diabetics.
The two studies yielded “diametrically opposite results,” Dr. Laura P. Svetkey, from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and Dr. Catherine M. Loria, from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, note in an accompanying editorial. Therefore, it remains unclear whether vitamin C should be recommended for the prevention or treatment of hypertension.
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