Whey Protein and Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure

• The effects of whey protein on blood pressure: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2023-09
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 177
  • Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD 33(9)
  • • Mahdi Vajdi
    • Vali Musazadeh
    • Mohammad Zareei
    • Shaghayegh Adeli
    • Arash Karimi
    • Ali Hojjati
    • Melika Darzi
    • Hamed Shoorei
    • Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi

  • PubMed: 37419751
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2023.05.025

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure

  • High evidence

  Pooled analysis showed that whey protein supplementation resulted in a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure (WMD: -1.54 mmHg; 95% CI: -2.85 to -0.23, p = 0.021)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes