Low-Salt and Heart-Healthy Dash Diet as Effective as Drugs for Some Adults With High Blood Pressure
A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt diet with the heart-healthy DASH diet substantially lowers systolic blood pressure—the top number in a blood pressure test—especially in people with higher baseline systolic readings. Results of the randomized clinical trial of the dietary combination, […]