MRC Epidemiology Unit

The DASH Diet and Diet Costs Among Ethnic and Racial Groups in the United States

JAMA International Medicine 2013

Drewnowski A, Monsivais P, Rehm CD

URL : http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1733451

Abstract

JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 02, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9479

Article

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is perhaps the best example of how a nutrient-dense dietary pattern can prevent chronic disease. In randomized trials, DASH dietary patterns lowered blood pressure in hypertensive individuals. Subsequent trials and observational studies have consistently found that DASH-type diets reduced cardiovascular and metabolic risk.

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