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You may not have heard of the DASH diet, created by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to help control hypertension. DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. In general the diet plan limits sodium intake and encourages people to eat nuts, whole grains, fish, poultry, as well as fruits and vegetables. It discourages eating red meat, sweets, and sugar. Read on for more information about the DASH diet.

The DASH diet resulted from a series of studies that examined dietary plans and their results. The diet plan not only includes showing people good eating habits, but also shows them healthier alternatives to junk foods. This is important because when dieting many people miss the junk foods that they normally eat. Substituting something else for them that satisfies the body, helps avoid cheating and creates the possibility of maintaining a diet in the long-term. The diet also discourages eating processed foods.

There's even a guide book published for the diet called Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH. This guide shows the nutrition facts of many foods and shows their healthy alternatives. It also explains in details the meal plans of the DASH diet along with nutritional information for those plans. The manual even has a list of resources to help maintain the diet, and how to obtain these resources. It's one of the most complete guides that explains a diet plan.

The website Yahoo contains a detailed information page about the DASH diet. This information page includes links to most major sources on the diet including a Wikipedia entry, a Google blog search, videos that show the progress of people who tried the diet, and many others.

One reason the DASH diet discourages the consumption of processed foods is that they contains 75% of the sodium in our diet. Sodium is the main contributor to high blood pressure and hypertension. Cutting out sodium through cutting out processed foods is a huge step toward reducing blood pressure and living longer.

Many people think the DASH diet is a fad diet, but it isn't. It's scientifically supported, as well as supported and endorsed by many top health organizations. Not only is it a great diet for people who have high blood pressure, but it's a great diet for anyone who wants to eat healthy. Why wait for high blood pressure to start eating right, avoid it now see using the DASH diet.