Question

1. The DASH diet stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The DASH diet is an eating plan that helps lower blood pressure in a number of ways, primarily by limiting sodium to no more than 2,300 mg per day. This one-day DASH diet provides how many mg sodium?

Answer 1

Answer: 2200 mg per day

Explanation:

The DASH diet consists of the foods rich in meat, fish, whole grains, sugar sweetened food and beverages which is designed to be taken in a way that it controls the problem of hypertension.

It is recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture which proposes a diet which is planned only for the people who is suffering from hypertension, the level of sodium in the diet can help control hypertension.

In DASH diet low level of sodium is taken to control hypertension. It allows the intake of only 2200 mg per day sodium in the diet.