DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

[rangerrebew]

DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

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By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD

A healthy diet and eating plan can both reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure and lower elevated blood pressure. The most common diet recommended for patients at risk of with high blood pressure include the DASH diet. DASH stands for “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension”.

This diet includes intake of fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy foods as well as fibres and lowering sodium, saturated fat, total fat and cholesterol. There are whole grains, poultry, fish, and nuts along with a reduction in red meats, sweets, sugary beverages, high-sodium processed foods etc.

http://www.news-medical.net/health/DASH-diet-for-high-blood-pressure.aspx

[GtHawk]

Right here is where they lost me.

Avoiding processed meats like bacon, sausage, hot dogs, corned beef, pastrami, bologna, ham, turkey and salami
Avoiding smoked, cured and pickled foods

Dang, you could live on their diet, but why?

[truth_seeker]

Very similar to Dr. Kenneth Cooper's work on aerobics and diet, for the Air Force published starting in the 1960s.

We now live in a time, of rediscovering wisdom we once had but pushed aside.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_H._Cooper