Due to ever increasing cases of hypertension in United States, DASH or Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension was created. It aims at lowering blood pressure with dietary changes and without the use of medication.
It recommends to increase the quantity of vegetables, fruits, nuts and whole grains in diet. These are good sources of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. It also recommends to reduce the salt or sodium, sugar and red meat content in diet. These ingredients are present in very high amounts in typical US diet and they are responsible for hypertension. By following DASH, systolic blood pressure can be reduced by eight to fourteen points over the course of time.
