Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH

Get with the plan that is clinically proven to significantly reduce blood pressure! This updated booklet contains a week’s worth of sample menus and recipes recalculated using 2005 nutrient content data. The "Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension" eating plan features plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other foods that are heart healthy and lower in salt/sodium. Also contains additional information on weight loss and physical activity.

For those interested in a more condensed version on this topic, see In Brief: Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH.

11/28/2007 10:44:36 AM GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU CARE     11/22/2007 4:18:27 AM This PDF is very useful to control not only blood pressure also to help have healthy life. Thanks. Indore,India     11/14/2007 10:51:46 AM     10/31/2007 10:07:40 AM     10/30/2007 9:56:20 PM     10/30/2007 9:56:19 PM     10/29/2007 9:03:58 PM     10/26/2007 11:43:32 AM EUREKA ! I HAVE FOUND IT . I THINK THE INFO WILL ASSIST ME IN THE STABILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MY TREATMENT FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. THANKS IT'S WHAT I'VE PRAYED FOR.     10/18/2007 4:11:45 AM     10/14/2007 1:41:09 AM     8/29/2007 1:04:51 AM     8/27/2007 6:02:01 PM     8/21/2007 2:33:04 PM They let you download free. Then you can print your own copies. I think this will help change people's eating habits. Easy to follow if you really want to help yourself. Thanks.     8/20/2007 7:29:33 AM     8/7/2007 7:06:30 AM     8/7/2007 1:57:23 AM     7/25/2007 12:38:30 PM     7/23/2007 12:32:42 PM Is it possible to adjust the menus to suit vegetarian needs?     7/17/2007 11:37:49 AM This is an excellent resource. I am an RD and have been using this for years. I wish there was a more printer friendly version of the 7 days of menus, so they could be printed on just one page-front/back, with an average of the analysis for another page. Thanks for keeping this resource current and all the hard work that goes into the updates. I love the recipes and often will hand those out w/o the menus.     7/17/2007 4:29:36 AM     7/5/2007 9:04:21 AM Its one of the best resources about blood pressure control, I Live In Jordan/Middle east and my sister was looking for the healthy life style for her condition which is found in the Perfect Guide. MANY Thanks for NHLBI.     7/5/2007 4:38:29 AM Very interesting information and helpful except for the suggestion of margarine which contains hydrogentated oil. Butter is better     7/5/2007 4:37:31 AM     6/21/2007 12:23:43 PM After reading reports on USDA Food Plans and costs, and serving information on My Pyramid, what I need it a menu planner with recipes and a shopping list, interactive so I can plug in the number of members in my family and their ages, so it fits us. It's the only real way to apply all the information available on My Pyramid in a way that saves me time in planning and money at the store, while making sure my family eats healthy meals.     6/18/2007 1:13:27 AM     6/13/2007 2:13:53 PM     6/9/2007 11:27:35 AM An excellent resource that can be consulted to help an individual take control of his/her dietary intake that will ultimately lead to lower blood pressure, weight loss and overall better health. The $3.50 price is cheap (or Web portal is free); many monthly magazines cost more than this and do not have near the amount of useful information this resource contains!     5/30/2007 1:00:11 AM The potassium to sodium ratio is the key. Reducing salt is very important, but increasing potassium should be emphasized also. I have switched to eating more fresh fruits and vegetables and stay away from processed food as much as possible. I am now off the beta-blocker drugs. Why hasn't the food industry cut back on salt? One can of Hormel chili has 2200 mg of sodium. You would think they don't care about our health.     5/29/2007 11:31:04 PM     5/15/2007 10:47:36 AM I don't really think it is very good.     5/11/2007 10:55:05 AM As one of the subjects in the original DASH study, I can atest to the validity of of the outcomes.     5/11/2007 10:55:00 AM As one of the subjects in the original DASH study, I can atest to the validity of of the outcomes.     4/26/2007 12:46:31 PM I think it would be reasonable to ask pts or clients to spend $3.50 for an excellent resource. If we all did some soul searching, we probably spend that much on a coffee or bag of potato chips, pretzels, etc. The price of a single book is very reasonable, in my opinion and if a pt is motivated, it is not too much to ask.     4/24/2007 12:23:51 PM We use this for our cardiac rehabilitation patients, weight loss program and diabetes patients. It is a great tool for everyone, children as well.     4/19/2007 11:26:54 AM Good Information, but too expensive to hand out as a resource to my school communities. School Health Nurse     4/18/2007 8:27:05 PM Following the DASH diet and lifestyle produced many positive health benefits. It lowered my blood pressure, reduced my cholesterol levels and my waist and weight went down as well. This is a common sense approach for anyone who wants to lead a healthy lifestyle. If you want to increase the quality and quantity of your lifespan then a sensible dietary approach like DASH is the way to do it!     4/4/2007 9:24:45 AM I am a diabetes educator RD and I find this resource very useful. It is especially illuminating to show how a moderate calorie, low sodium, low fat diet can have so much food! Clients really appreciate the recipies and 7 day food plan. Thanks for the excellent product. Having the option to download is great for low budgets! The book does a great job explaining the background of the dietary theory.     4/2/2007 1:44:39 PM     3/30/2007 7:02:36 PM This resourse is a great way to become aware of the conditions related to this issue. The best part is that one does not have to buy this resource because the electronic version is free! Thanks for this!     3/27/2007 3:22:10 PM     3/25/2007 11:13:06 PM I am a consultant RD and I use the DASH diet as my primary tool for nutrition education and clarify "Fad Free" dietary approaches. Appreciate the resources.     3/25/2007 12:00:57 PM Yup. The information is really useful and refresh my knowledge on preventing hypertension.     3/21/2007 1:43:31 PM I am sure this is a great resource but the price would limit many individuals from purchasing it.     3/20/2007 11:17:05 PM I started the DASH plan on January 1,2007. I browsed the site, checked my weight and BMI with the easy charts on the site. I found the easy eating plans and the suggestions for planning my meals so easy to follow. I printed several of the pages from the PDF file after looking through the whole booklet of information. I had my annual check up yesterday and my blood pressure was down in the normal range, and I have lost 9 pounds! I am so happy I found your website and have shared it with others that are interested in knowing exactly what is good to eat and how to watch for that hidden sodium in so much of the food we eat. My doctor said I was the healthiest 65 year old woman she has seen! I combined the eating plan with a 2 mile walk every day, and I feel great because I found what works!     3/15/2007 2:54:31 PM     3/12/2007 8:56:36 AM This worked very well but it was also very expensive!     3/12/2007 8:54:22 AM     3/9/2007 10:26:30 AM Thank you for this great resource of beneficial information on the web, (pdf) free of cost. I printed the recipes and I am going to try it out daily. Thanks again.     3/7/2007 1:09:14 PM Was able to download and print in pdf form. Will find it very useful in lowering my blood pressure.     3/5/2007 2:43:23 PM letters spacing words are all off, making it irritating and bothersome for the patients. It's not teacher/user friendly The premise is excellent, the information would be vital, it's simply not user friendly     3/1/2007 2:09:52 PM     3/1/2007 12:45:55 PM     2/27/2007 3:52:26 PM I have used the old format edition in the past and people have loved it. However, the new edition is too expensive to hand out on a large scale such as community or worksite health.     2/26/2007 9:46:51 AM     1/29/2007 9:43:27 PM     12/18/2006 2:55:21 PM Great Resource! It is too expensive to purchase for use in community nutrition where we depend largely on take home materials to reinforce concepts that have been taught. Hope you can come up with a PDF downloadable form that will be more economical.     10/18/2006 10:19:58 AM too expensive Great resource. Too expensive to use as frequently as I would like for my ESRD and CKD patients.     9/14/2006 2:35:49 PM     9/10/2006 5:31:44 PM Great item - too expensive!!! I have used this in residency for the past several years and have promoted it. I think its great information for patients BUT too expensive for me to purchase and hand out.     8/31/2006 3:31:06 PM very helpful A great resource with practical help for eating right to lower blood pressure.     8/29/2006 9:14:45 AM too expensive, I liked your old format much better     7/12/2006 11:15:47 PM very good Renewed my knowledge about high blood pressure and helped me a lot.     7/3/2006 6:07:18 AM low fat,low carbohydrate, high protein diet

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