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News & Research:

• MIND diet linked to better cognitive performance - Science Daily, 9/21/21 - "the MIND diet is a hybrid of the Mediterranean and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diets. Previous research studies have found that the MIND diet may reduce a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease dementia ... To adhere to and benefit from the MIND diet, a person would need to eat at least three servings of whole grains, a green leafy vegetable and one other vegetable every day -- along with a glass of wine -- snack most days on nuts, have beans every other day or so, eat poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. A person also must limit intake of the designated unhealthy foods, limiting butter to less than 1 1/2 teaspoons a day and eating less than a serving a week of sweets and pastries, whole fat cheese, and fried or fast food."
• DASH Diet Linked to Lower Risk for Depression - Medscape, 2/28/18 - "Participants who most closely adhered to the low-sodium Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet were 11% less likely to become depressed over time than those least adherent to the diet, the study found ... The results suggest that the DASH diet may have the "dual benefit" of protecting against cardiovascular disease and helping to boost mood"
• U.S. News Ranks Best Diets for Weight Loss, Healthy Eating and More - US News and World Report, 1/7/14 - "The panel deemed the DASH diet the best overall, as it outscored most other plans in its healthiness and likelihood to ward off diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. And once again, panelists ranked Weight Watchers the best diet for weight loss, as well as the easiest diet to follow and the top diet among commercial plans"
• Diet Plans That Work - US News Best Diets - US News and World Report, 1/4/12 - "Best Diets Overall ... DASH Diet ... TLC Diet ... Best Weight-Loss Diets ... Weight Watchers ... Best Diabetes Diets ... Biggest Loser Diet ... Biggest Loser Diet ... DASH Diet ... Best Heart-Healthy Diets ... Ornish Diet ... TLC Diet"
• DASH eating plan lowers long-term heart attack risk, especially among African-Americans - Science Daily, 8/31/10
• DASH Diet Combats Mental Decline - WebMD, 7/14/09
• DASH Diet Improves Women's Heart Health - WebMD, 4/14/08 - "The women who had the highest DASH scores had the lowest risk for heart disease and stroke. Closely following a DASH diet resulted in a 24% reduction in heart disease risk and 18% lower risk of stroke when compared to those with the lowest DASH scores"
• Discover the DASH Diet? - Dr. Weil, 9/13/06
• Nutritional Perks From the DASH Diet - WebMD, 11/1/04
• DASH Diet May Do More Than Lower Blood Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 10/29/04 - "the additional fruits, vegetables and whole grains that people consume while on the DASH--or Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension--diet provide "an abundance" of food compounds such as lycopene, beta carotene and isoflavones, which are increasingly associated with disease reduction"
• DASH Diet Improves Insulin Sensitivity as Well as Hypertension - Medscape, 2/6/04 - "Based on the results of this study, including the DASH dietary pattern as a basic part of a hypocaloric dietary plan can lead to significant improvements of up to 50% in insulin sensitivity"
• Multiple Trials Demonstrate Efficacy of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet in Lowering Blood Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 10/20/03 - "The diet is high in fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products, and minimises fats, red meat, sweets, and sugar-containing beverages. In addition, compared with the control diet in the original study, the DASH diet had lower levels of total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol, and higher levels of potassium, calcium, magnesium, fibre, and protein ... the effects of the DASH diet were especially pronounced in individuals with stage 1 hypertension, in whom blood pressure was reduced on average by 11.4/5.5 mmHg"
• Losartan Treatment Effect is Boosted by DASH Diet - Doctor's Guide, 5/26/03 - "For patients receiving losartan, systolic and diastolic blood pressure was significantly reduced from baseline on the control diet (-6.7 + 1.5/-3.7 + 1.0 mm Hg, P < .05), with an even greater effect evident for the DASH diet (-1.7 + 1.5/-6.9 + 1.0 mm Hg, P < .05) ... A reduction in systolic blood pressure in patients receiving placebo occurred on the DASH diet (-5.3 + 1.5 mm Hg, P < .05). No other significant changes to blood pressure levels were observed" - [Abstract]
• DASH Diet Acts Through Diuretic Effect To Lower Blood Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 5/20/03
• DASH Diet Works Like Hypertension Drug - WebMD, 5/19/03 - "the DASH diet -- created to fight high blood pressure -- works just like water pills ... If people eat the DASH diet with low salt intake -- especially older people -- their blood pressure goes down 15 points"
• Designing Your Own Salt Treaty - Intelihealth, 12/26/01
• DASH Diet And Reduced Sodium Lowers Blood Pressure For All - Doctor's Guide, 12/18/01
• DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diet Reduces Cholesterol, Long-Term Cardiac Risk - Doctor's Guide, 6/21/01
• Has Hypertension Met Its Match? - Nutrition Science News, 4/01
• Diet Lowers Blood Pressure - Nutrition Science News, 9/00
• Decrease Homocysteine With DASH - Medscape, 8/22/00
• Large Blood Pressure Benefit From Reduced Dietary Sodium - Doctor's Guide, 3/17/00
• Lower High Blood Pressure With Diet, Says AHA - Doctor's Guide, 8/10/98
• Lower Fat Diet Rich in Dairy Foods May Lower Blood Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 11/13/96

Abstracts:

• Time Course of Change in Blood Pressure From Sodium Reduction and the DASH Diet - Hypertension. 2017 Nov;70(5):923-929 - "When comparing DASH to control, DASH changed SBP/DBP by -4.36/-1.07 mm Hg after 1 week, which accounted for most of the effect observed, with no significant difference in weekly rates of change for either SBP (P interaction=0.97) or DBP (P interaction=0.70). In the context of a typical American diet, a low-sodium diet reduced BP without plateau, suggesting that the full effects of sodium reduction are not completely achieved by 4 weeks. In contrast, compared with control, DASH lowers BP within a week without further effect thereafter"
• Effects of the DASH diet on blood pressure in patients with and without metabolic syndrome: results from the DASH trial - J Hum Hypertens. 2013 Sep 26 - "This paper is a subgroup analysis of the DASH trial, in which we examined the effect of study diets on BP in participants with and without MS ... participants were randomized to receive a control diet, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, or the DASH diet ... In the MS subgroup, the DASH diet compared with the control diet reduced systolic BP by 4.9 mm Hg (P=0.006) and diastolic BP by 1.9 mm Hg (P=0.15). In the Non-MS subgroup, corresponding net BP reductions were 5.2 mm Hg (P<0.001) and 2.9 mm Hg (P<0.001), respectively"
• Prospective study of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension- and Mediterranean-style dietary patterns and age-related cognitive change: the Cache County Study on Memory, Health and Aging - Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Sep 18 - "Participants included 3831 men and women ≥65 y of age who were residents of Cache County, UT, in 1995 ... Higher levels of accordance to both the DASH and Mediterranean dietary patterns were associated with consistently higher levels of cognitive function in elderly men and women over an 11-y period. Whole grains and nuts and legumes were positively associated with higher cognitive functions and may be core neuroprotective foods common to various healthy plant-centered diets around the globe"
• The DASH Diet and Blood Pressure - Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2003 Nov;5(6):484-91
• The DASH Diet and Sodium Reduction Improve Markers of Bone Turnover and Calcium Metabolism in Adults - J Nutr. 2003 Oct;133(10):3130-3136 - "the DASH diet significantly reduced bone turnover, which if sustained may improve bone mineral status"
• The DASH diet enhances the blood pressure response to losartan in hypertensive patients - Am J Hypertens 2003 May;16(5):337-42