What does DASH stand for?

government recommend the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension DASH diet as a good diet guide to reduce blood pressure.

Moreover, a study published at the end of July in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at a combination of healthy lifestyle choices in regard to hypertension and found that women with six healthy lifestyle habits (having a body mass index of less than 25, a daily mean of 30 minutes of vigorous exercise, a high score on the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet, modest alcohol intake, use of non-narcotic analgesics less than once per week and intake of 400 meg/day or more of supplemental folic acid) resulted in a nearly 80% reduction in the risk of developing high blood pressure, which can often lead to heart attack, stroke and other chronic diseases.

Dash is an acronym for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, the medical term for high blood pressure.

She noted that the DASH diet, which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, is available free on the National Institutes of Health Web site.

She noted that the DASH diet, which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, is available free on the National Institutes of Health Web site.

Women who followed the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet had significant risk reductions of coronary heart disease and stroke, results from a cohort of participants in the ongoing Nurses Health Study showed.

Sufficient Therapy: Combination Regimens Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Combination Therapy Lifestyle modifications, including weight reduction, physical activity, and adopting Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), remain the cornerstone of hypertension management, regardless of whether patients ultimately require pharmacologic therapy.

The favorable effects of fruits and vegetables, low-fat dairy products, and reduced sodium suggested by Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) (Appel et al.