DASH

Use the daily questions and Success Tips in this brochure to promote and develop a DASH eating plan.

Use the Daily DASH chart to check “what I did today” within the DASH Eating Plan. The four week chart helps to change old habits to new healthy eating habits.

Research shows that a diet rich in lowfat milk, cheese and yogurt, fruits and vegetables, and low in fat and sodium substantially lowers blood pressure in people with or without high blood pressure as effectively as some medications.

Research supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has shown that the DASH eating plan (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) can lower blood pressure and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol which can reduce your risk for heart disease.

Dairy Council Digest focused on the importance of consuming a healthful diet containing three daily servings of low-fat or fat-free milk or equivalent milk products as a potential effective strategy together with recommended lifestyle practices to help lower blood pressure.

High blood pressure affects 50 million Americans and is one of the leading causes of heart disease and stroke. The eating plan shown here, from the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) study, is good news for those affected by or at risk for high blood pressure.

A science-based presentation to explain “The Role of Dairy and Dairy Nutrients in Promoting the Benefits of DASH.”