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" While some herald yogurt as one of the healthiest snacks out there\u00A0(live cultures can help our\u00A0digestive tracks along, and it&amp;#039;s\u00A0packed with calcium, protein\u00A0and vitamin D), other studies have shown that eating\u00A0it doesn&amp;#039;t have a significant effect on your overall health.\u00A0 But whether\u00A0you prefer the Greek stuff or you&amp;#039;re more of a fruit-on-the-bottom type, there&amp;#039;s some good news for yogurt lovers. A new study, funded by the National Dairy Council and\u00A0presented at the American Heart Association&amp;#039;s EPI/Lifestyle 2016 Scientific Sessions in Phoenix,\u00A0says that women who consumed five or more servings of yogurt a week had a 20 percent lower risk of developing high blood pressure\u00A0than women who hardly ever ate the creamy snack. \u00A0&amp;quot;I believe that this is the largest study of its kind to date to evaluate the specific effects of yogurt on\u00A0blood pressure,&amp;quot; lead author Justin Buendia, a PhD candidate at Boston University School of Medicine, MA, told Medical News Today. Dairy products like low-fat milk and cheese\u00A0are already known\u00A0to\u00A0reduce the risk of high blood pressure in at-risk adults, say the researchers, but this is the first to look\u00A0at the independent effect of yogurt alone. In fact, the team of doctors found a positive link between daily servings of milk and cheese and lower risk of high blood pressure, but according to Buendia, this was not as strong as the effect of yogurt. So, consider this a ringing endorsement to go nuts and eat a cup of yogurt a day.\u00A0Literally\u2014add nuts (and berries!), because the healthy\u00A0effects of eating yogurt five times a week were even more pronounced in women who also ate a balanced diet that included lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and beans (a 31 percent reduction in high blood pressure risk, specifically).\u00A0\u00A0&amp;quot;Adding yogurt to an otherwise healthy diet seems to help reduce the long-term risk of high blood pressure in women,&amp;quot; noted\u00A0Buendia.\u00A0 (h/t Daily Mail) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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