DASH Diet – Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, High Blood Pressure and Lower Cholesterol

You’ve probably heard of the DASH Diet before. D-A-S-H stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, which is also known as high blood pressure. Hypertension is the most common chronic condition worldwide and a major risk factor for heart disease that accounts for 1 in 8 deaths each year. If you have any of these symptoms, your doctor is likely to prescribe the DASH Diet as a solution.

But with DASH, you can reduce YOUR risks.  In fact, people who were on the DASH diet lowered their blood pressure within just 2 weeks. And the DASH Diet can also lower blood cholesterol and help you lose weight.

DASH was actually developed by the National Institutes of Health and for 8 years in a row, US News and World Report has ranked it number 1 for “healthy eating” and “heart disease prevention” and the best OVERALL diet.  This is not a fad diet, but a healthy eating plan that supports long-term lifestyle changes.

Blood pressure control with DASH involves more than just low salt or low sodium diet advice. This eating plan is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat and nonfat dairy foods. It includes meat, fish, poultry, nuts, and beans but limits sugar-sweetened foods and beverages as well as red meat, and added fats.

The DASH diet helps to lower blood pressure by providing more of the key nutrients, such as potassium, calcium, and magnesium, all of which are associated with lower blood pressure.

Let’s talk about how it works and how to get the best possible results. The DASH eating plan focuses on eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, nuts and seeds and low fat dairy while limiting red meat and sugar-sweetened foods and drinks.

As part of the DashDietRx program, your meal plan, recipes and instructions are all based specifically on the DASH diet guidelines. So if you follow the plan each day, you’ll be eating the recommended 6-8 servings of whole grains, 4-5 servings of fruit, 4-5 servings of vegetables, 2-3 servings of low-fat dairy, 6 or fewer ounces of lean meats, 4-5 servings of nuts, seeds, legumes, and 2-3 servings of fats and oils per day. Sweets are limited to 5 servings per week. And we have created a precise meal program that will help you stay within these boundaries.

To make this all very simple to follow, we’ll provide you with specific meal recommendations for all of your meals, every day, including snacks as well as shopping lists so you don’t have to think twice about what to eat or what to buy at the grocery store.

Each day you’ll receive recipes for that day via email and you can log in to your account on the web or in the app to view your daily content and to use all of the tracking and journaling functions of your account.

Any day that you want a different recipe idea, you can access bonus content with approved alternatives.  And your overall DashDietRx guide is available at all times in so you can view it from anywhere, even on the go.

We are here to support you along the way. And just remember –you can do it! With DashDietRx, you can start to change your life today.