30 Nov 2022 --- A new study reveals that the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet could doubly and even quadruply reduce the risk of developing the noncommunicable disease. Claiming more than 800,000 lives per year, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading causes of death in the US. Risk factors include high cholesterol, high blood pressure and atherosclerotic heart disease – characterized by build up of fat along the artery walls – that can cause strokes and heart attacks. Though healthy lifestyles and diets have long been known as the best defense against CVD development, deciding which heart-healthy diet to follow is critical.
