DASH diet

Almost all recipes can be adapted to become gluten-free. Following are some guidelines to adapting recipes to gluten-free: 1. Focus on the wheat-containing ingredients and their functions, as these will need to be adapted with a substitution. Try to choose “main meal” recipes with very little flour or gluten-containing ingredients for the bulk of a meal. An example would be breading or flouring of meats, which can, in most cases, be omitted. Simple fruits and vegetables as accompanying sides…

The Gluten-Free Diet A gluten-free diet, at its most basic, is a diet that excludes gluten and all foods that contain gluten, such as wheat, barley, rye, and triticale (a wheat-rye hybrid). The goal of such a diet is to reduce the inflammation that gluten causes in the digestive system of individuals with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. If you have a mild gluten sensitivity, you might be able to get away with a little exposure now and then, but for those with serious allergies or…

To do this, I have found various websites that help me understand my project better. First off, I found a website called Mental Floss, with the heading of “Why do Diet Coke and Mentos React” to figure out why Diet Coke erupts with a Mento. The eruption is so powerful, you can create a soda rocket from it. The ingredients in the Diet Coke and the Mentos along with the structure of the Mento allow for the eruption to happen. It happens because of carbon dioxide bubbles exploding out extremely…

Effects of DASH Diet on Cardiovascular Disease The DASH diet was designed to lower blood pressure for those with hypertension. Since hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, this diet’s effect on reducing the cardiovascular disease risk has been studied by many researchers. Through numerous studies, the DASH diet is shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Through randomized control trials, Appel et al. (1997) and Obarzanek et al. (2001) found that the DASH diet…

Two big diets known in the United States are the Atkins diet and the DASH diet. The Atkins diet is a diet that is high in protein and fat but low in carbohydrates for weight loss. This diet plan is one of the most discussed. There are many pros to choosing this diet which includes weight loss. Temple University did a study to show the long term effects of this diet and they showed that it works equally to a low fat and calorie restricted diet. In a 2007 study, Stanford University…

achievable as the number of patients with hypertension is fairly high, requiring an exorbitant amount of medical specialists to create teams. However, the DASH diet requires no external medical aid, allowing anyone the opportunity to control their blood pressure. The diet lowers blood pressure through modest dietary and lifestyle changes. The DASH diet primarily focuses on consuming twice the daily amount of vegetables, complex carbohydrates, low-fat dairy products, and fruits. It lowers fat,…

I spoke with Jennifer (Jenny) Reay. She is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and a Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (LDN) and works at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. I spoke to Jenny about this course and the fact that I have never heard of the DASH diet. Dash (dietary approach to stop hypertension) is something she uses and talks about with many of her patients. It is a program that is full of fruits, vegetables, nuts and low fat dairy. Jenny jokingly said you eat you weight in fruits and…

(Porth, 2017). Hypertension is an amendable condition through a variety of ventures (Brito, 2014) and it might be in the best interest of the patient to consider a non-pharmaceutical approach prior to medication. Through an improvement of diet through the "DASH" approach, regulation of cholesterol and sodium, and an improvement in physical activity, it is possible to improve one's blood pressure while avoiding its comorbidities.…

pounds. The key to keeping the weight off is finding a program that promotes healthy eating. In this article, we take a look at a few of the top diet plans that promote a healthy eating lifestyle. Jenny Craig No need to stress over counting calories. Jenny Craig makes it easy by prepackaging all the healthy meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Diet plan followers are allowed the option to supplement the prepackaged meals with fresh produce like tomatoes, lettuce, onions. In addition, the…

blood pressure regularly. DASH stands for the dietary approach to stop hypertension. It regulates several lifestyle factors than can reduce hypertension on. This includes reducing sodium intake, increase certain vitamins, and maintaining a healthy body weight. A typical Dash diet would have low sodium/ low fat foods; meet the dietary fiber recommendation, limited caffeine, and an adequate amount of water. It somewhat mimics the DRI daily standards. Factors outside the diet include, exercise and…