Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH

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Y O U R G U I D E T O. Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute YOUR Guide TO. Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute NIH Publication No. 06-4082. Originally Printed 1998. Revised April 2006. Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. What Is High Blood Pressure ?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. What Is the DASH Eating Plan? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. How Do I Make the DASH?

Blood pressure is the force of blood against artery walls. It is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and recorded as two numbers—systolic pressure (when the heart beats) over diastolic