DASH Diet - What is it?
The DASH Diet has won the Best Overall Diet award for the year 2012. What is DASH Diet? DASH - Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension The Diet as the name suggests strives to prevent and lower BP or Hypertension. So is it only for High Blood Pressure patients? The Dash Diet follows a combination of a specified eating plan combined with reduced intake of salt. Dash menus have sodium in the range of 2300 mg while the average US man has a daily intake of sodium of 4200 mg. The diet is rich in potassium, magnesuim, calcium - all essential minerals and protein and fibre. The Dash eating plan prescribes amount of daily servings per day for various calorie needs. Suppose a person requires 1600 calories per day as per her lifestyle and metabolism levels - the daily servings of various food groups is givens in the DASH Dietary Plan . For 1600 calories per day - daily servings as per DASH Food Group ...