Eat your vegetables (and fish): Another reason why they may promote heart health
Source: American Physiological Society
Fish and gut bacteria-produced compound both protect hypertensive rats from heart disease
Summary
Elevated levels of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) -- a compound linked with the consumption of fish, seafood and a primarily vegetarian diet -- may reduce hypertension-related heart disease symptoms. New research in rats finds that low-dose treatment with TMAO reduced heart thickening (cardiac fibrosis) and markers of heart failure in an animal model of hypertension.
