ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND DIET
Autori:
Dragan Ljutić, Josipa Dodig, Vedran Kovačić
Sažetak
Sažetak. U članku je riječ o vezi prehrambenih navika i arterijske hipertenzije. Prikazano je kako različiti čimbenici dijete utječu na razinu arterijskog tlaka: smanjenje tjelesne težine, smanjenje soli u prehrani, povećano uzimanje kalija, redukcija alkohola u onih koji piju te podupiranje zdrave prehrane (sugerirano i potvrđeno tzv. studijom DASH, ali u novo vrijeme i studijom OmniHeart).
Summary
Summary. In this article the relationship between eating habits and arterial hypertension is described. The way how different factors affect blood pressure is presented: lowering of body weight, decreased salt intake, increased of potassium ingestion, reduction of alcohol consumption in alcohol drinkers, and using specific recommended diets (evidenced and suggested DASH diet, and a recent diet from OmniHeart investigation).
