In the past few months, the DASH
diet has been the subject of several important research studies which have hit the news.
The top news announced that women who had followed a DASH eating pattern for
over 20 years had fewer heart attacks and strokes. The news reports were
so dramatic, that everyone ran out of stock of The DASH Diet Action Plan by 8:00
AM on April 15, 2008. (Now stocks have been replenished, so the book is readily
available directly from the publisher, from
NCES catalogue, or from Amazon.) And at the end of April, a research
study showed that the DASH diet could also benefit teens with high blood
pressure. The DASH diet truly is a healthy diet for everyone!
The DASH Diet Action Plan is the user-friendly book, that shows how
to adopt the DASH diet, and how to incorporate it into a total lifestyle
plan, including exercise, and weight loss, if needed. Reap the benefits
of the healthy diet to support lowering blood pressure, lowering
cholesterol, improving glucose control, and improving health.
The DASH diet was developed in research sponsored by the National Institutes
of Health, and is recommended by the American Heart Association, the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans, and is part of the US treatment guidelines for
hypertension. The DASH Diet Action Plan was designed to be the user-friendly
guide to help people adopt the DASH diet.
Additional recent DASH research reports:
Dixon LB, Subar AF, Peters U, Weissfeld JL, Bresalier RS, Risch A,
Schatzkin A, Hayes RB.
Adherence to the USDA Food Guide, DASH Eating Plan, and
Mediterranean dietary pattern reduces risk of colorectal
adenoma. J Nutr. 2007 Nov;137,11, p.2443-50
Lin PH, Appel LJ, Funk K, Craddick S, Chen C, Elmer P, McBurnie MA,
Champagne C. The PREMIER intervention helps participants follow the
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension dietary pattern and
the current Dietary Reference Intakes recommendations. Journal of the American Dietetic Association,
2007 Sep;107, 9, pages1541-51
Karanja N, Lancaster KJ, Vollmer WM, Lin PH, Most MM, Ard JD, Swain
JF, Sacks FM, Obarzanek E.
Acceptability of sodium-reduced research diets, including
the Dietary Approaches To Stop Hypertension diet, among
adults with prehypertension and stage 1 hypertension. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2007 Sep
; 107, 9, p 1530-8
Van Horn L.
A DASH-ing Success. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2007 Sep, 107, 9, p 1463.
Lien LF, Brown AJ, Ard JD, Loria C, Erlinger TP, Feldstein AC, Lin
PH, Champagne CM, King AC, McGuire HL, Stevens VJ, Brantley PJ,
Harsha DW, McBurnie MA, Appel LJ, Svetkey LP.
Effects of PREMIER lifestyle modifications on participants
with and without the metabolic syndrome. Hypertension
2007 Oct; 50, 4, p 609-16.
Epub 2007 Aug 13.
Nitzke S, Freeland-Graves J; American Dietetic Association.
Position of the American Dietetic Association: total diet
approach to communicating food and nutrition information. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2007 Jul;
107,7 pages1224-32
Mitka M. DASH dietary plan could benefit many, but few hypertensive
patients follow it. the journal of the American Medical Association. 2007 Jul 11;2982, p164-5.
Welty FK, Nasca MM, Lew NS, Gregoire S, Ruan Y.
Effect of onsite dietitian counseling on weight loss and
lipid levels in an outpatient physician office. The American journal of cardiology.
2007 Jul 1;100, , 1, p 73-5.
Epub 2007 May 11.
[No authors listed]
One on one. What is the DASH diet? Mayo Clinic women's healthsource. 2007 Jul;
Dauchet L, Kesse-Guyot E, Czernichow S, Bertrais S, Estaquio C,
Péneau S, Vergnaud AC, Chat-Yung S, Castetbon K, Deschamps V,
Brindel P, Hercberg S.
Dietary patterns and blood pressure change over 5-y
follow-up in the SU.VI.MAX cohort. The American journal of clinical nutrition. 2007 Jun;
85, 6, p 1650-6
&
Obarzanek E, Vollmer WM, Lin PH, Cooper LS, Young DR, Ard JD,
Stevens VJ, Simons-Morton DG, Svetkey LP, Harsha DW, Elmer PJ, Appel
LJ.
Effects of individual components of multiple behavior
changes: the PREMIER trial. American journal of health behavior. 2007 Sep-Oct; 31, 5, p 545-60
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