Open AccessDietary Pattern and Hypertension: The DASH Study
Author(s) -
Zemel B.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
nutrition reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.958
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1753-4887
pISSN - 0029-6643
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb05489.x
Subject(s) - dash , dash diet , medicine , calcium , potassium , percentile , endocrinology , environmental health , physiology , food science , chemistry , blood pressure , statistics , mathematics , organic chemistry , computer science , operating system
A recent multicenter study, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), demonstrates that a diet emphasizing fruits, vegetables, and low‐fat dairy products that provides calcium, magnesium, and potassium at the 75th percentile of American intake produces an antihypertensive effect comparable to that achieved with many pharmacologic interventions.