DASH Healthy eating to lower your blood pressure The DASH diet emphasizes the right portion sizes, variety of foods and nutrients. Discover how DASH can improve your health and lower your blood pressure. High blood pressure affects more than a billion people worldwide - and that number is rising. In fact, the number of people with high blood pressure has doubled in the last 40 years - a serious health concern, as high blood pressure is linked to a higher risk of conditions such as heart disease, kidney failure and stroke. As diet is thought to play a major role in the development of high blood pressure, scientists and policymakers have engineered specific dietary strategies to help reduce it. This Book examines the DASH diet, which was designed to combat high blood pressure and reduce people's risk of heart disease. (NEW)