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  • Hey All, I've been on the DASH diet since Feb. of this year (seven months or so, now), and in that time my blood pressure has gone down dramatically--from 140/90 to 115/76, and I've lost 54 pounds. I didn't follow phases or anything like that, either. I reduced my calories, emphasized veggies and whole grains, and ate only…
  • Update: I'm now down 45 pounds from when I started the DASH diet, and overall I prefer the foods I'm eating over the fatty, greasy, cheap stuff I ate before (sometimes I really want to eat a slice of pizza, and I might let myself, but not often and not a whole pie!). The DASH diet works if you let it work, and you work…
  • I've been on the DASH Diet for about 100 days now: dropped 32 pounds and my blood pressure went down about 12 points. I read a bit about what I should be doing online, but really I just cut out salt as much as possible (probably consuming something like 900-1100 mg of sodium a day), and eat very lean meats. I also tried to…
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