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Intervention for Elevated Blood Pressure

The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has determined that the DASH diet is an effective means of lowering blood pressure--along with medications your doctor may prescribe for you. The diet has been proven to significantly lower blood pressure in as little as two weeks following the diet plan. The diet focuses on losing weight if you are overweight and adding complex carbohydrates, fruits and vegetables and low fat dairy products to increase your intake of Magnesium, Calcium and Potassium. There is also ample evidence that lowering your sodium intake dramatically improves your blood pressure and the way your blood pressure medications work. These recommendations can easily fit into a normal way of eating and promote good health. Click on available services if you would like a consultation and/or menus provided to you.

If a client does not appear to be a good candidate for outpatient nutritional counseling, they will be referred back to their primary healthcare professional or mental health practitioner or another healthcare professional. Every effort is made to coordinate care with existing healthcare and mental health professionals to maintain quality of care.