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Can blood pressure be lowered by a change in diet? : Evidence from the DASH trials Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 50 examines evidences for blood pressure lowering from the DASH trials. Substantial BP lowering can be achieved by a reduced dietary sodium intake, the DASH diet, or a combination of the two. This approach is applicable to those patients consuming an average North American diet who are motivated to make a change.

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Title
Can blood pressure be lowered by a change in diet? : Evidence from the DASH trials
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 50
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2003-12
Description
Therapeutics Letter 50 examines evidences for blood pressure lowering from the DASH trials. Substantial BP lowering can be achieved by a reduced dietary sodium intake, the DASH diet, or a combination of the two. This approach is applicable to those patients consuming an average North American diet who are motivated to make a change.
Subject
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; Diet Therapy; Hypertension; Sodium, Dietary
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433629
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85039
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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