The DASH Diet Action Plan

The DASH Diet Action Plan is the user-friendly teaching guide to the DASH diet. The DASH diet is rich in fruits and veggies, which may present a mental challenge to many people. This book makes it simple to understand and put into practice. The book makes it easy to lose weight with the DASH diet, and it has realistic ways to add exercise. Although the book was not intended to be an aggressive weight loss book, people are writing to say that they have surprised themselves by finding it easy to lose weight following the plan!

The DASH Diet Action Plan book is designed to help you with more than just "what" is involved with the DASH diet, it also shows you "how." How to follow the DASH diet in restaurants, how to lose weight, how to make over your kitchen to make it easy to follow your plan, how to fit in exercise, how to reduce salt intake, how to add vegetables even if you "hate" vegetables. And the book helps you make your own personal plan with specific steps you will take to fit the DASH diet into your daily routine. Our readers say that this is the best DASH diet book!

Your step-by-step plan will include: setting your goals for blood pressure and cholesterol, determining the calorie-level you need for maintenance or weight loss, developing meal plans, developing a realistic exercise plan, adjusting the DASH diet to accommodate other health problems, choosing the key DASH diet foods, reading food labels, and learning how to incorporate more vegetables in your diet, and setting up your kitchen to make it easy to stay on track.

This book was written by a registered dietitian, Marla Heller, MS, RD, who is experienced in helping people make sustainable behavior changes, and make healthy eating part of their real lives. She knows that people need flexibility and options to choose different approaches, since not everyone has the time or the interest in cooking or making drastic changes in how they eat. The book incorporates tools that will help you plan the specific steps you will take to adopt the DASH diet. Research shows that people who make concrete plans are more likely to be successful with adopting new health behavior. This should improve your ability to lower your blood pressure (and cholesterol), without medication.

Read feedback on the the book from our readers; learn more about book author, Marla Heller; Marla's recent media appearances, find DASH diet recipes and links to even more recipes. New webpages: the DASH diet kitchen makeover, and DASH-friendly cookbooks.

The DASH Diet Action Plan will help you with:

• 28 days of DASH menus (calorie-adjusted for 1200, 1600, and 2000 calories per day).

• DASH diet recipes.

• Losing weight with the DASH diet.
• Learn what is a healthy weight for you and calculate your calorie needs.
• Guidelines for 1200, 1600, 2000, 2400, and 2800 calorie DASH diet plans.
• Eating at restaurants, fast food places, etc. and still staying on plan.
• Stocking your cupboards (and fridge) to make it easy to follow the DASH diet.
• Reading food labels for the DASH diet.
• Adding exercise and other lifestyle changes to help lower blood pressure, even if you hate exercise and think you have no time for exercise.
• Making your personal action plan. At the end of each chapter, you make your goals, and plan specific steps you will take to reach your goals.
• Tracking your progress. Track blood pressure, weight, food intake, exercise, and overall well being. People are more successful when they track their actions.
• Over 200 pages of DASH diet tips, information, and advice.
• Listings of common meat, fish, and poultry calories and fat content, to help you make healthy choices.

This book truly allows you to make your own personal "DASH Diet Action Plan." It is your first step in improving your health for the long run.