What’s Key to Success with Your DASH Diet? 

You have high blood pressure, or almost. The writing is on the wall, so you have to do something. You don’t want it to get worse. You see everywhere about the DASH diet. Even your doctor is talking about the DASH diet. But you only want to try a new diet if it’s really going to work. We have the 3 keys to success with the DASH diet. 

Three things: Eat real food, drink pure water, get your fats mostly from foods not from oils. 

Drink pure water:  

First thing in the morning, before your coffee or tea, right when you wake, drink 500-600 ml of pure, filtered, flat water. Drinking plain, pure water first off causes your body to flush excess minerals from the system. Water taken in later in the day has other work to do. So the timing and volume and water quality of this morning flush is very important. When you have elevated blood pressure you have too many minerals. So, on the flip side, avoid electrolyte powders, drops, and mineral water. What you need most is pure water. And it’s a great first step in the DASH diet. 

Eat real whole food:

Now what could this possibly mean? Of course you’ve been eating real food this whole time? But have you? Chips, bread, cereal, pasta, crackers, processed foods are hard on your system. Switching to whole grains — where you can actually see the individual grains — more vegetables, whole fruits, nuts and seeds, legumes. It’s a small shift that makes a big difference. And you can find this effortless DASH done right at Rawteen.   

Get your fats from foods not factories:  

The healthy fats naturally occurring in foods grown and raised in the best ways are going to be winners for you. These are in lean grass-fed and free-range organic meats, nuts, seeds, avocados and real olive oil. Olive oil comes in a bottle, but it’s just pressed olive fruits. Other liquid oils are going to be too hard on your system. These are called “seed oils” even though they aren’t all technically seeds. The point is they’re made at high heat and so are damaged. These require a factory to be made — literally an oil refinery. If these bad oils are everywhere, how can you avoid them like crazy? No problem. You will find only truly heart healthy fats at Rawteen. 

Do DASH right to win! Stop by Rawteen today to jumpstart your new blood pressure. UAE’s first diet-specific grocery store. With tricks up our sleeve to help you succeed.