NUSC 1165 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Dash Diet, Weight Loss, Heart Rate
NUSC 1165
Lecture #34
- Need more than 100 mg/d for major minerals
- For minor minerals <100 g/d
- Blood Pressure
- Increases with age
- More sodium sensitive
- Causes strokes and heart disease
- Recommendations
- DASH Diet
- Stops hypertension
- Low fat dairy, whole grains, fruits and veggies
- Dietary sodium
- Less than 2300 or 1300
- Restrict amounts
- Weight loss
- 10% of body weight
- Correlation with BP levels
- Exercise
- Gets weight down
- Decreases heart rate