Researchers from the University of Alabama recently discovered that food with high concentration of potassium could help with heart disease risk factors. The more potassium in your diet, the less likely your arteries will harden.
Using mice in their research they found that the subject with a diet lower in potassium had elevated hardened arteries compared to mice consuming a normal amount. Potassium can be found in foods including potatoes, bananas, avocados and spinach.
The findings of their research could lead to "uncovered mechanisms that offer opportunities to develop therapeutic strategies to control vascular disease."
In the study, groups of mice were fed low, normal, and high levels of potassium. Results showed mice with low levels of potassium had increased vascular calcification and hardened arteries, while mice fed high levels of potassium showed less stiffness.
Heart disease is the top cause of death among men and women in the U.S., according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. One in every four Americans die of a heart attack every year.
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