Diets have been around for an extensive period of time. The first recorded diet was during the existence of England’s First King, William I. The diet was a liquid diet, although it did include a ton of liquids, it was not a real diet the king just sustained on alcohol alone. As told by Cellania (2010), “Thus, appropriately, the first diet was also the first failed diet”. The DASH diet followed after several decades later. The DASH diet was developed by the US National Institutes of Health, or the NIH as its commonly referred to. DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. According to the National Institutes of Health (2016), “The National Institutes of Health traces its roots to 1887, when a one-room laboratory was created
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The first round of research indicated that it could lower blood pressure, even when the patient had a sodium intake of 3300 mg/day, also the research showed it decreased the use of first line blood pressure medications. Numerous studies have revealed the diet reduces the risk of stroke, some kind of cancer, heart disease, kidney stones, heart failure, diabetes, and many other diseases. According to Dashdiet.org, “It has been proven to be an effective way to lose weight and become healthier at the same time. It is full of fabulous, delicious, real foods”. Also the benefits of the diet led to the NIH receiving the #1 diet ranking from 2011- 2014. The diet ranking was given by US News and World …show more content…
Blumenthal, PhD; Michael A. Babyak, PhD; and Alan Hinderliter, MD. The study involved participants with prehypertension or stage 1 hyper tension (systolic BP, 130-159 mm Hg; or diastolic BP, 85-99 mm Hg). The participants were obese, unmedicated outpatients with high blood pressure, average BP 144. The study compared DASH diet alone (DASH-A), DASH diet weight management (DASH-WM), and usual diet control (UC). All participants in DASH-A and UC for two weeks were fed controlled meals that would not help them gain or lose weight. DASH-WM was given a different diet to allow weight loss of about 1 pound per week with a 500 calories per day
The first round of research indicated that it could lower blood pressure, even when the patient had a sodium intake of 3300 mg/day, also the research showed it decreased the use of first line blood pressure medications. Numerous studies have revealed the diet reduces the risk of stroke, some kind of cancer, heart disease, kidney stones, heart failure, diabetes, and many other diseases. According to Dashdiet.org, “It has been proven to be an effective way to lose weight and become healthier at the same time. It is full of fabulous, delicious, real foods”. Also the benefits of the diet led to the NIH receiving the #1 diet ranking from 2011- 2014. The diet ranking was given by US News and World …show more content…
Blumenthal, PhD; Michael A. Babyak, PhD; and Alan Hinderliter, MD. The study involved participants with prehypertension or stage 1 hyper tension (systolic BP, 130-159 mm Hg; or diastolic BP, 85-99 mm Hg). The participants were obese, unmedicated outpatients with high blood pressure, average BP 144. The study compared DASH diet alone (DASH-A), DASH diet weight management (DASH-WM), and usual diet control (UC). All participants in DASH-A and UC for two weeks were fed controlled meals that would not help them gain or lose weight. DASH-WM was given a different diet to allow weight loss of about 1 pound per week with a 500 calories per day