A Mediterranean-Style Diet with Lean Beef Lowers Blood Pressure and Improves Vascular Function: Secondary Outcomes from a Randomized Crossover Trial
Compared with an AAD, MED diets containing 0.5 and 2.5 oz./d of lean beef improved brachial and central systolic and diastolic blood pressure and arterial stiffness. Our findings suggest that a MED diet with ≤5.5 oz./d of lean beef does not adversely affect vascular function.This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02723617.
Authors
- David J. Baer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3454-2097)
- Jennifer Fleming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1009-0225)
- Kristina Petersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3914-0353)
- Penny M. Kris-Etherton
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (US)
- Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Developments in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.104573
- Primary Topic
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Pennsylvania State University
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- Agricultural Research Service
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences