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Part 1

Getting Started with the DASH Diet

IN THIS PART …

Get your feet wet with an overview of the DASH diet — including its basic dietary guidelines and the lifestyle changes that help promote normal blood pressure and support a healthy heart — before diving into DASH completely to improve your chances of making DASH a way of life.

Discover the core science behind the diet. That’s right: DASH isn’t one of the numerous fad diets out there; it’s a well-researched approach to eating that has been benefiting people with high blood pressure for more than 20 years.

Recognize all the ways DASH can have a positive effect on your health, from the obvious (lowering blood pressure and reducing the risk of stroke and heart attack) to the not-so-obvious (fighting diabetes and decreasing cancer risk).

Understand that adopting DASH is a lifestyle change and figure out how to ease into the DASH way of eating. Trust us, setting realistic goals really helps!

Know which foods you can eat on the DASH diet — there are loads of them, particularly fruits and vegetables, nuts, whole grains, lean protein, and low-fat dairy served up in delicious ways.