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In animal studies, flaxseed has demonstrated antiatherogenic and anti-inflammatory properties and beneficial effects on vascular contractile function. To examine the effects of flaxseed ingestion on systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), investigators conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial supported by several Canadian agricultural-industry initiatives. For 6 months, 110 PAD patients received various food products containing 30 g of milled flaxseed or placebo for daily consumption. Mean baseline BP was similar in both groups.
By 6 months, 13 patients from the flaxseed group and 11 from the placebo group had dropped out of the study. Body weight, waist circumferen…