Positive effects of dietary approach for the treatment of hypertension

Abstract

<p><span id="page673R_mcid68" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 480.352px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.946094);" role="presentation">According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Interna</span></span><span id="page673R_mcid70" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 500.352px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.964623);" role="presentation">tional Society for Hypertension, elevated blood pressure is defined </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid71" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 520.352px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.938025);" role="presentation">as the blood pressure the readings of which consistently range ≥ 140 </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid72" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 540.352px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.919384);" role="presentation">mmHg systolic and/or 90 mmHg diastolic. Having in mind the fact that </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid73" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 560.352px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.891943);" role="presentation">hypertension is one of the leading risk factors for cardiovasluar disease, </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid74" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 580.352px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.926957);" role="presentation">kidney failure and premature mortality, it is clear that preventive mea </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid76" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 600.352px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.899816);" role="presentation">sures should be imposed before the diagnosis is established. The main </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid77" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 620.352px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.914462);" role="presentation">nutritional measures used in preventing hypertension are: weight loss, </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid78" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 640.352px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.936327);" role="presentation">Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH diet), reducing salt </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid79" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 660.352px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.916022);" role="presentation">and alcohol intake and increasing potassium intake. </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid80" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 689.801px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.935089);" role="presentation">The aim of this paper was to show the preventive effect of the DASH </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid81" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 709.801px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.988817);" role="presentation">diet on hypertension onset in normotensive patients as well as to </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid82" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 729.801px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.939715);" role="presentation">highlight that the diet is an integral part of hypertension treatment, in </span></span><span id="page673R_mcid83" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: 383.307px; top: 749.801px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.929355);" role="presentation">addition to the use of drug therapy for hypertensive patients</span></span>.</p>