DASH Diet
Resources for This Diet
The DASH Diet Action Plan by Marla Heller. Deerfield, Illinois: Amidon Press, 2005.
The DASH Diet for Hypertension by Thomas Moore. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
DASH for Health Web site: www.dashforhealth.com
Your Guide To Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Web site: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash
Bibliography
Azadbakht L, Mirmiran P, Esmaillzadeh A, et al. Beneficial effects of a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating plan on features of the metabolic syndrome. Diabetes Care 2005;28:2823–31.
Lin PH, Ginty F, Appel LJ, et al. The DASH diet and sodium reduction improve markers of bone turnover and calcium metabolism in adults. J Nutr 2003;133:3130–6.
Obarzanek E, Sacks FM, Vollmer WM, et al. Effects on blood lipids of a blood pressure-lowering diet: the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2001;74:80–9.
Sacks FM, Svetkey LP, Vollmer WM, et al. Effects on blood pressure of reduced dietary sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. DASH-Sodium Collaborative Research Group. N Engl J Med 2001;344:3–10.
Appel LJ, Moore TJ, Obarzanek E, et al. A clinical trial of the effects of dietary patterns on blood pressure. DASH Collaborative Research Group. N Engl J Med 1997;336:1117–24.
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