High Blood Pressure

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is a lifelong approach to healthy eating that has been extensively studied and proven to lower blood pressure.  While the DASH diet was specifically designed to treat and prevent hypertension in patients, it can also reduce cholesterol and improve insulin sensitivity.  Essentially, the DASH diet involves eating a variety of nutrient dense foods while reducing sodium intake in order help lower blood pressure.  In fact, studies have shown that in following the DASH, patients can significantly reduce their blood pressure in as little as two weeks.  Over a period of time on the DASH, patients can drop their systolic blood pressure by as much as 8 to 14 points, which can have a dramatic impact on improving overall health risks.  Moreover, since the DASH diet is an extremely healthy diet, it provides additional benefits separate from simply lowering blood pressure.  For instance, this highly nutritious diet corresponds with dietary recommendations to prevent diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, heath attack, and osteoporosis.

We’ll help you reduce your high blood pressure by implementing the principals of the DASH diet.  By focusing on nutrient dense foods rich in potassium, magnesium, and calcium, and by adding in plenty of fruits, vegetables, complex carbs, and low fat dairy products, we can actively help you take control of your health.  Together, we’ll create and implement a customized meal plan based on DASH principals that specifically fits your lifestyle, while incorporating your personal preferences.  We’ll arm you with the education and resources you’ll need to properly decipher food labels so you can identify sources of hidden sodium.

Should you need to lose weight, we can also incorporate that need into your DASH diet to achieve realistic and sustainable goals.