DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet were able to lower their risk for high blood pressure, the study findings showed.
The DASH diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat or fat-free dairy, fish, poultry, beans, seeds and nuts, and low in red meat and salt.
Dr. Byron Lee is director of electrophysiology laboratories and clinics at the University of California, San Francisco.
He said that “in many ways, 55 is the new 65.
We used to not worry about hypertension until we reached our mid-60s, but it’s clear now that many of us need to take action much sooner.”
Lee pointed out that high blood pressure is a “modifiable risk factor for heart attack and stroke.
And if we don’t act on it, we are missing a major opportunity to decrease mortality.”
SOURCES: S. Justin Thomas, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of psychiatry, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Byron Lee, M.D., professor, medicine, director, electrophysiology laboratories and clinics, University of California, San Francisco; Gregg Fonarow, M.D., professor, cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles; July 11, 2018, Journal of the American Heart Association, online