Friday, January 6, 2012. U.S. News & World Report's Best Diets rankings chose the DASH diet as the best diet overall, best diet for healthy eating and best diet (January 4, 2012, November 1, 2011, and June 7, 2011: "Best diet overall" and "Healthiest diet") . Studies of the DASH diet demonstrate that it can lower risk of several types of cancer, heart disease, stroke, heart failure, kidney stones, and reduced risk of developing diabetes. If you have high blood pressure and cholesterol or diabetes it helps to lower blood pressure and cholesterol and stabilize your blood sugar.
The DASH -- Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension -- was originally developed to reduce high blood pressure or hypertension. It has been proven in studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health to lower blood pressure. The low-salt diet provides additional benefits to reduce blood pressure because it is based on an eating plan rich in fruits and vegetables, and low-fat or non-fat dairy, with whole grains. It is a high-fiber, low- to moderate-fat diet, rich in potassium, calcium and magnesium.
For more about the DASH diet:
http://dashdiet.org/
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