The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH, diet has been consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top diet overall, and that comes as no surprise.right up arrow Unlike fad diets that call for extreme calorie or food-group restrictions without scientific evidence that supports their efficacy, the DASH diet involves manageable dietary changes that are flexible and rooted in proven nutritional advice.
This has made the eating plan popular among doctors, dietitians, and other health professionals in the United States, where heart disease remains the No. 1 killer among men and women.right up arrow High blood pressure (hypertension) is a big contributing factor to heart disease and affects an estimated 50 percent of American adults. One in three of those people don’t know they have hypertension.right up arrow Heart disease is also the leading cause of death around the world.right up arrow The good news is that lifestyle changes, including the switch to a healthy diet, may help lower blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension, which is blood pressure that remains elevated despite medication, research suggests.right up arrow
