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DASH Diet

dclarsh
dclarsh Posts: 364
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have high blood pressure, and I'm considering adopting the DASH diet in addition to my exercise routine to try and lower my BP and maybe get off my meds. Is there anyone out there who is also on this diet? I need some help trying to figure out which foods I should be eating, especially to get the recommended amount of magnesium (500mg per day). I don't eat meat, only fish, so I can't just follow the diet plan in the book.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!
Diana

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  • dclarsh
    dclarsh Posts: 364
    I have high blood pressure, and I'm considering adopting the DASH diet in addition to my exercise routine to try and lower my BP and maybe get off my meds. Is there anyone out there who is also on this diet? I need some help trying to figure out which foods I should be eating, especially to get the recommended amount of magnesium (500mg per day). I don't eat meat, only fish, so I can't just follow the diet plan in the book.

    Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!
    Diana
  • sarabear
    sarabear Posts: 864
    Is that the diet that if you can hunt or gather it you can eat it?

    googled and found this

    http://dashdiet.org/dash_diet_book.asp?google&gclid=CKr11d6W9JkCFQoMDQodmxWoRA

    hope it helps! good luck!:flowerforyou:
  • dclarsh
    dclarsh Posts: 364
    Is that the diet that if you can hunt or gather it you can eat it?


    Um... I really hope that's not the requirement, because I neither hunt nor gather... unless moving all stealth like through the grocery store counts as hunting.

    It's the Dietary Approach to Stopping Hypertension... hence DASH. It's a diet based on vegetables, fruit, and dairy, and uses the combination of potassium, magnesium and calcium to help the body regulate blood pressure better.
  • dclarsh
    dclarsh Posts: 364
    googled and found this

    http://dashdiet.org/dash_diet_book.asp?google&gclid=CKr11d6W9JkCFQoMDQodmxWoRA

    hope it helps! good luck!:flowerforyou:

    I have the book... it gives nice lists for good sources of potassium and calcium, but nothing for magnesium :cry:

    But thanks for looking!
  • sarabear
    sarabear Posts: 864
    I know you can get supplements. No the reason I asked about the hunt and gather thing is because there is a lady I know on a diet for HB, and she buys her stuff at the store but she can only eat things that are hunted - ex turkey, or gather - ex berries
  • dclarsh
    dclarsh Posts: 364
    I know you can get supplements. No the reason I asked about the hunt and gather thing is because there is a lady I know on a diet for HB, and she buys her stuff at the store but she can only eat things that are hunted - ex turkey, or gather - ex berries

    I suppose it is kind of a "hunt and gather" diet... it's completely based on whole foods. It's probably the same diet. What kind of stuff does she eat then? Is she also trying to lose weight at the same time?
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