The DASH Diet for Hypertension |
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| Title: | The DASH Diet for Hypertension |
| Author: | Thomas J. Moore
Mark Jenkins |
| Publisher: | Pocket |
| Type: | Book / Mass Market Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 01 March, 2003 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0743410076 / 9780743410076 |
| List Price: | $7.99 |
| Amazon Price: | $7.99 |
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Product Description
More than 50 million Americans suffer from high blood pressure, and most of them control it by taking prescription drugs with potentially dangerous side effects. But there is a natural, affordable, and easy-to-manage alternative to medication: the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet. Developed by a world-class team of doctors and nutritionists, the DASH diet is clinically proven to lower blood-pressure levels and thereby reduce the risk of heart failure, stroke, and kidney disease. Now, with The DASH Diet for Hypertension, readers can benefit from:
• A hearty and healthful selection of DASH menus, recipes, even grocery lists
• DASH weight-loss and exercise programs for everyday living • The science behind DASH, including calorie worksheets and a formula to calculate body-mass
...and much more from this revolutionary program, which is recommended by the American Heart Association; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the American Society for Hypertension; and other leading medical authorities.
Amazon.com Review
The DASH Diet for Hypertension, recommended by the American Heart Association, has been shown in studies to lower blood pressure in two weeks without the use of drugs. The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet emphasizes fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy; includes moderate amounts of fish, poultry, and nuts; and reduces consumption of red meat and sweets. Studies from the National Institutes of Health followed 800 participants and found that the DASH diet lowered blood pressure as much as typical medication.
This is no quirky diet--it's the way the major medical groups have been advising us to eat all along, but with a specific formula that tells you how many servings to eat from each Food Pyramid food group. You also get suggestions for exercising moderately, losing weight, reducing salt, and food shopping. Included are two weeks of daily menus and 62 recipes, with modified favorites like Macaroni and Cheese and Sweet and Sour Pork with Vegetables, plus innovative dishes such as Mango/Black Bean Salad with Grilled Shrimp and Sweet-Potato Chips (baked). The authors are medical hypertension experts associated with Harvard and Duke medical centers. Recommended for people who want to lower their blood pressure or just eat more healthfully. --Joan Price
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Customer Reviews:
• Great Resource
12 February, 2010
This book is a great place to start when you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure and decide you want to do something about it. Helpful, logical information presented in a very useable format.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Great Read (with An Error)
15 January, 2010
I found this book to be a great read. It was very informative about the background of the DASH diet and some of the results. Although there may be versions of this book that are corrected, the chart that shows the columns of the number of servings of grains and meat are switched. With careful reading of the supporting pages, this is seen. This confused me for a while.
Serving size was confusing and incomplete. The other book that I purchased (DASH Diet Action Plan) helped clarify some of the confusions, but this book (The Dash Diet for Hypertension) is overall more informative.
The diet fits me very well as a 57 year old male. I found (find) it difficult to eat all of the food for my calorie range. Also, I am doing some strength training, thus increasing the protein somewhat to support it. I have followed it about a month now with little change in my BP. However, I have lost 5 lbs.
I had been looking for a plan that was healthy, did not leave me hungry, and that I could live on for the rest of my life. This is it!
- Amazon Customer Review
• God Sent
12 March, 2010
yes this diet really is God sent, it has the power to change one's whole physical constitution and adds strength to the whole body. Thank you
- Amazon Customer Review
• If You Have Hypertension You Need To Be Dashing
10 September, 2009
Hypertension kills. Suffering a stroke, heart attack, congestive heart failure, or damage to your eyes should be enough to get anyone to change their bad habits and get their lifestyle on track with the DASH diet. There is nothing difficult about eating fresh fruits instead of cookies or candy, and making fresh salads and cooking fresh vegetables instead of opening up a can of soggy, sodium laden mush passing as food.
Believe it or not, I told MY doctor about the DASH diet when I first got diagnosed with high blood pressure about 10 years ago. She'd never heard of it. I was only 34 but African Americans seem to have a higher rate of hypertension than any other ethnic group. My blood pressure was an unbelievable 170/110 but I had no symptoms at all. Fearful of medications, but even more fearful of dying, I looked for an alternative solution that would provide fast results, and happened across the DASH study results.
I ordered two booklets from the NHLB website and started changing my life.
When I went back for a checkup a month later, my blood pressure had dropped an amazing 32 points systolic and was within the normal range of 138/85. She was stunned and ran from the room with the booklet I gave her to show other doctors in the office. They were in disbelief and actually came in to talk to me about the program. My blood pressure continued to drop once I got a better handle on sodium and liquor intake until it reached normal where it now stays unless I go off on a tangent too many days in a row.
This was accomplished without any medication, just a steely determination to live which meant giving up things I shouldn't have been eating anyway. The book is great because it goes into a great deal of explanation and provides menu ideas to get you started.
If you can't afford to order the book right now, at least look on the web and review the online documents which support changing your eating habits per the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. The DASH diet saved my life.
- Amazon Customer Review
• The Dash Diet For Hypertension
23 August, 2009
This book has some interesting, informative and useful information. However, many pages part of the type has been omitted. It's usually one or two characters per line. Usually you are able to figure out what the word(s) is supposed to be but this makes reading and using the book difficult. Needless to say, it's not a book that you look forward to using.
- Amazon Customer Review
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