The DASH diet for high blood pressure encourages patients with blood pressure reduce sodium in their diet and eat a variety of food rich in nutrients that help lower blood pressure which include, calcium, magnesium as well as calcium by following the DASH diet. In a DASH pattern of eating are recommended;
- Eating of fruits, for instance like citrus fruits which include grape fruit, lemons and oranges, they have a lot of minerals, vitamins and plant compounds which help lower blood pressure as well as keeping a person healthy by reducing heart diseases. This is the reason to why fruits are recommended in the DASH pattern of eating.
- The other one is low fat or non fat dairy, this is because this low fat food do not contain any cholesterol which is a big risk to both heart disease and blood pressure too. by eating low fat dairy will greatly help in reducing risk of getting blood pressure and that is why they are recommended too in this pattern of eating.
- Also eating of whole grains, nuts and beans will be recommended in the DASH pattern of eating, this is because these whole grains and nuts have magnesium which is an essential nutrients which regulates blood pressure and also which helps blood vessels to relax. Another advantage of this food category is that they have fiber and also plant compounds which protect a person from heart diseases and some cancers.