- Incidence of high blood pressure in meat eaters compared to vegetarians: Nearly triple
- Incidence of very high blood pressure in meat eaters compared to vegetarians: 13 times higher
- Patients with high blood pressure who achieve substantial improvement by switching to a vegetarian diet: 30-75 percent
- What patients are typically told when prescribed medications for high blood pressure: "You’ll probably need to take these for the rest of your life."
- Patients with high blood pressure who are able to completely discontinue use of medications after adopting a low-sodium, low-fat, high-fiber vegetarian diet: 58 percent
- Incidence of high blood pressure among senior citizens in United States: More than 50 percent
- Incidence of high blood pressure among senior citizens in countries eating traditional low-fat plant based diets: Virtually none (‘The Food Revolution: how your diet can help save your life and our world’, by John Robbins)
