Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Dash Diet



By: Brenda Williams

DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet eating plan is one of the non-pharmacologic therapy in high blood pressure management. It is a part of lifestyle modifications including: low in saturated fat intake, increase fruits and vegetables intake, more substituted carbohydrate-containing food such as whole grain products, increase intake of fish, poultry as well as nuts. Study showed that DASH diet eating plan has the greatest effect on reduction of blood pressure and cholesterol compare to normal diet. Result can be seen within 2 weeks!
Tips To Lower Calories Intake With DASH Eating Plan!
1.Increase fruit
A day an apple keeps doctor away! Apple and dried apricots are the best choice in dietary plan for high blood pressure patients.
2.Increase vegetable
Hamburger! Yes, it could increase your blood pressure even though it is a favourite food for most peoples. I know it is very hard for you to stop eating it. However, I would suggest you to take 3 ounces weight of meat instead of 6 ounces with a bigger size.
This is the same in reducing intake of chicken with only a 2 ounces weight and accompany with a plate of raw vegetables.
3.Increase fat-free or low-fat milk products
Example, an ordinary ice-cream can be replaced with low-fat-containing yogurt.
Reducing Salts And Sodium
With the approach of ingesting more fruits and vegetables in DASH eating plan, it has made it easier to consume less salt and sodium consequently owing to its lower content of sodium. In addition, fruits and vegetables are potassium-rich diet which plays a role in reducing high blood pressure. Others common dietary sources are milk products and fish.
Tips To Reduce Salt And Sodium
Restrict salt-rich containing foods. It is preferably to take no or low-salt-added foods.
Increased intake of vegetables.
No salt-added rice, noodles or any other mixed dishes
Removing excess salt from preserved food such as tuna or beans which are being preserved in a can form.

Free Diet Program



By: Kevin Stith


Free diet programs are instructions for losing weight or gaining weight that do not have to be paid for. Diet programs deal with food intake. Depending on one’s body structure and health requirements, diet programs can vary from person to person and even from time to time. One is gravely mistaken if one assumes that free diet programs are some kind of a magic cure that can provide a ready solution for being overweight or obese. As all kinds of diet programs have become immensely popular throughout the world, it is very hard to find a diet program that would charge no money.
But as time has passed and technological advancement has given us various opportunities, free diet programs are now at our fingertips. Free diet programs and online diet programs are often one and the same – there are a number of diet program sites that charge no money for providing diet charts that can bring about a vast difference to one’s health.
Nevertheless, diets demand proper planning, because they are entirely concerned with changing one’s eating habits. Online diet programs are convenient in that they do not demand money and they are no less effective than those professional diet controllers and diet programmers who empty your pocket before you begin to notice any difference.
Free diet programs allow dieters to select recipes according to the diet selected, and they make a suitable shopping list, but with suggestive and advisory assistance. This is a huge advantage over trying to do it at some gym or nutrition center.

Diabetic Diet



Summarize Article by: Alex De La Cruz

Raising a diabetic dog does not mean that it could no longer enjoy the fun of eating whatever it wants. In the first place, dogs can't eat anything that's edible because some foods trigger allergic reaction to them such as chocolates, macadamia nuts and grape seed. You can achieve this by making a special diabetic dog food diet. Just like diabetic persons who have limitations with regard to the type of food that they eat. A diabetic diet should include less sugar so this means that your pooch should abstain from sweet foods such as cookies or any other sweet dog treats.
Some diabetic dog food can be quite expensive but if you know what substances you are looking and avoiding you get to save a lot.
This kind of diet may even include more carbohydrates because they are generally made for normal dogs nutritional requirements. Now that your pet has diabetes it needs a whole new diet and you have no other choice but to provide it with a diabetic dog food diet. An ideal diet for diabetic dogs should include doses of insulin or any hypoglycemic drugs that can be ingested.
Any diabetic dog food should be fiber rich which can be taken from fruits and vegetables and a reduced amount of carbohydrates. You might want to consult your vet regarding the allowed amount of these substances. Because your pet can't tell which food it is allowed to eat, you as the owner have that responsibility.
Its diabetic dog food must be made in order to make its situation better and never to worsen it.