How will I have to change my cooking on the DASH diet?
DASH is an eating approach approved by many health organizations that helps reduce blood pressure, cholesterol, increases fiber and improves the body’s control of blood sugar. It stands for the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension, Diet. It focuses on these guidelines: • Reduce the overall amount of fat, saturated fat and cholesterol. • Increase the number of fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy foods. • Increase fiber intake by including whole grain products. • Reduce the amount of sodium (e.g., salt) to an upper limit of 2,400 milligrams or lowest limit of 1,500 milligrams per day. • Reduce sweets and sugar-containing beverages. http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/dash-diet.html From the DASH diet site: The DASH diet is recommended to many people with hypertension (high blood pressure) or prehypertension by their physicians. The DASH diet eating plan has been proven to lower blood pressure in studies spo
