Low in sodium and packed with potassium, this 7-day meal plan is based on the DASH diet to help lower blood pressure.

The DASH diet is designed to prevent the development of hypertension (high blood pressure) by modifying dietary patterns for life. It is meant to help shift one’s eating habits towards consuming ...

Diets can be hard to follow. It’s one reason many diets fail and people regain the weight they initially lost. But as you age, what you eat can have a real impact on your health, especially as your ...

Among several lifestyle changes that may reduce cardiovascular disease, adopting the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet may have the greatest impact for young and middle-aged adults ...

Update | This year, U.S. News & World Report ranked the DASH diet as one of two "best overall" among nearly 40 diets it reviewed. What makes DASH better than the rest? Basically, the plan, developed ...

I am interested in the DASH diet you mentioned recently. Could you list some of the types of vegetables and fruits that are rich in potassium and the amount needed daily to meet the potassium ...

When it comes to the world of dieting, weight loss pills and exercise regimes, there's seemingly no end to the number of products, diets and nutrition plans available. Some are nothing more than fad ...

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is designed to help lower high blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease through an emphasis on fruits, vegetables, lean protein, and ...

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (a.k.a. the DASH diet) is celebrating 20 years of helping people with hypertension and pre-hypertension lower blood pressure just as well as some medications.

The DASH diet emphasizes plenty of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts, low-fat dairy and protein sources such as poultry and fish. (Getty Images) The DASH diet (aka Dietary ...

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