DASH Diet in the News

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The Everyday DASH Diet Cookbook, and
The DASH Diet Action Plan,
"One of the top life-changing health books!"
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For three years in a row, the DASH diet has been selected by a panel of physicians and other doctoral-level health professionals as the #1 diet by US News & World Report. Why? Because the DASH diet has been the subject of more research than any other diet. And each new study continues to show additional benefits, including reducing blood pressure and cholesterol; supporting healthy weight loss; lowering risk of stroke, heart attacks, and heart failure; lowering risk of several kinds of cancer (including new research showing lower risk of breast cancer), kidney stones, and type 2 diabetes. And as you might expect, the same panel selected the DASH diet as the healthiest eating plan and the best diet for diabetes.

The DASH diet has been the subject of several research studies which continue to hit the news. Recently, the DASH diet was found to slow the progression of early stage kidney disease. One of the big news stories was regarding women who had followed a DASH eating pattern for over 20 years and had fewer heart attacks and strokes than those who did not. A second story that month, reported on a research study showing that the DASH diet could also benefit teens with high blood pressure. The DASH diet truly is a healthy diet for almost everyone!

January 18, 2013. The DASH Diet Weight Loss Solution was ranked as one of the top diet books of 2013. Why? Because it is based on science, doesn't involve deprivation, and is easy-to-follow.

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January 7, 2013. Best Diets For the third year in a row, the expert panel of physicians and nutrition professors ranked the DASH diet as the Best Diet Overall. Full Story: in US News & World Report.

December 3, 2012. It's not too late to drop a dress size by Christmas! A brilliantly simple new diet that's sweeping the U.S. targets your tum - and boosts your health. Full Story: from the Daily Mail (UK) newspaper.

From the November 25, 2012 Sunday London Times

The DASH diet: the weight-loss plan approved by doctors

"When doctors devised an eating plan to fight high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes, weight loss was an added bonus An eating programme devised by doctors to fight high blood pressure has become the latest weight-loss phenomenon and named America’s healthiest diet two years in a row."

And DASH was featured in an Australian TV news story on November 23, 2012

It's the blood pressure diet some older Aussies claim gives them a new lease on life.

January, 2009, Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally - These smart strategies can get your numbers down.

The DASH diet, featured in a Better Health and Living magazine article about how to manage blood pressure, naturally.

Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:49pm EDT, Reuters.com - Healthy diet cuts teens' blood pressure

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescents with elevated blood pressure can lower their blood pressure and improve their nutrient intake by following a teen version of the so-called DASH diet, results of a new study suggest.

April 14, 2008 Blood Pressure Diet Helps Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke in Healthy Women, Long-Term Study Says.
CHICAGO, Apr. 14, 2008 (AP Online delivered by Newstex) -- A large study offers the strongest evidence yet that a diet the government recommends for lowering blood pressure can save people from heart attack and stroke.

But vitamin supplements do not do the trick. . .

Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:36am EDT Common vitamins no help for women's hearts: study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Middle-aged women at risk for heart disease received little benefit from taking vitamins C, E or beta carotene, researchers said on Monday.

The research . . .

Comparison of Strategies for Sustaining Weight Loss, The Weight Loss Maintenance Randomized Control Study. Published in the March 12, 2008, issue of JAMA. This study detailed how people were able to maintain their weight loss while continuing to follow the DASH Diet.
Adherence to a DASH-Style Diet and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in Women. Published in the April 14, 2008, edition of Archives of Internal Medicine. This study showed that women who followed an eating pattern conforming to the DASH diet, over 24 years of monitoring, had significantly lower rates of heart disease and stroke.
The efficacy of a clinic-based behavioral nutrition intervention emphasizing a DASH-type diet for adolescents with elevated blood pressure. Published in the April, 2008, issue of the Journal of Pediatrics. Teens who followed the DASH diet, consuming more fruits, vegetables, low fat dairy, and nuts, were able to lower their blood pressure, and improve their diets.
Deteriorating dietary habits among adults with hypertension: DASH dietary accordance, NHANES 1988-1994 and 1999-2004. Published in the February 11, 2008, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. This study showed that in general, American's eating patterns have gotten worse over the past few decades, with fewer people eating enough fruits, vegetables, and dairy to provide the benefits that they would see if they were following the DASH diet.

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.