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The decrease 1 blood pressure occurred 2 race or 3 and whether or not study participants are a "typical American diet", 4 is high in saturated fats and contains few fruits and 5 or the so-called DASH (for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension)diet, which emphasizes lots of fresh 6 , low-fat diary, fish and fewer sweets and which was proved in 1997 to reduce hypertension. The biggest decrease in blood pressure in this study was recorded in subjects who ate the DASH diet and reduced their sodium 7 to 1200mg a day.
Why is this significant 8 -health experts estimate that Americans consume, on average, about 3500 mg of sodium- 9 about 9 grams of salt-daily. It"s not 10 we"re that heavyhanded with the saltshaker. Most of our dietary sodium is added 11 food processing. 12 to 1200mg, you"d have to forgo most 13 foods, take-out deliveries and restaurant meals.
So pay attention 14 how much salt you"re eating, but don"t forget to make fruits, vegetables and whole grains a 15 part of your diet. They"ll help 16 your cholesterol level 17 your blood pressure. Be sure to drink alcohol 18 , if at all. 19 weight-even just 4.5kg-and exercising at least 30 minutes most days of the week can also have a marked 20 on blood pressure.
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