The Everyday DASH Diet Cookbook (34 page)

Easy Pear Crisp,
here

Baked Apples Stuffed with Cranberries and Walnuts,
here

Fresh Strawberries with Chocolate Dip,
here

Peach and Granola Parfaits,
here

Metric Cooking Conversions

U.S.-Metric Cooking Weight Measurement Conversions

U.S. Versus Imperial Measurements

The following information is provided as a point of reference.

NOTE:
Typically, U.S. recipes use volume, rather than weight, for most ingredients.

About the Authors

Marla Heller
, MS, RD, is a registered dietitian, and holds a master of science in human nutrition and dietetics from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), where she also completed doctoral course work in public health, with an emphasis in behavior sciences and health promotion. She is experienced in a wide variety of nutrition counseling specialties and has taught thousands of people how to adopt the DASH diet. She has been an adjunct clinical instructor in the Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics at UIC, teaching courses on food science and nutrition counseling. At the University of Illinois Medical Center, she was a dietitian working in the Cardiac Step-Down Unit, the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, and the Heart-Lung Transplant Unit. She was a civilian dietitian with the U.S. Navy and most recently worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Healthy Weight Collaborative.

In addition to writing the
New York Times
bestsellers
The DASH Diet Action Plan
and
The DASH Diet Weight Loss Solution
, Marla contributed the four-week menu plan for
Win the Weight Game
by Sarah, the Duchess of York. She has been a featured nutrition expert for many national print, television, radio, Internet, and social media platforms. She is a spokesperson for the Greater Midwest Affiliate of the American Heart Association and a past president of the Illinois Dietetic Association, from which she received their prestigious Emerging Leader Award.

Marla lives with her husband, Richard, and enjoys cooking, gardening, and finding exciting new restaurants.

Rick Rodgers
is the author of over forty cookbooks on a huge variety of subjects and a well-known culinary teacher. His work has appeared in
Bon Appétit
,
Food & Wine
,
Fine Cooking
, and on Epicurious.com, and he has been guest chef on many television and radio shows. His website is
www.rickrodgers.com
.

ALSO BY MARLA HELLER

The DASH Diet Action Plan

The DASH Diet Weight Loss Solution

Appendix

General Guidelines for the DASH Diet

The DASH diet is based on research entitled Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, a clinical study that examined the effect on blood pressure of a diet based on a variety of healthy foods. Specifically, the diet is very rich in fruits and vegetables and includes low-fat and nonfat dairy, along with nuts, beans, and seeds, as the key foods; grains (mostly whole grains), lean meats, fish, and poultry, and heart-healthy fats round out the plan. The DASH diet calls for a moderate sodium intake, but the recipes in this cookbook may be adjusted to accommodate your needs if your physician has recommended strict sodium restriction.

The balance of foods in the DASH diet provides you with a diet that is rich in potassium, magnesium, and calcium, which are thought to play an important role in lowering blood pressure. The foods are also rich in important plant nutrients such as vitamins, additional minerals, antioxidants, additional phytonutrients, and fiber.

In addition to providing key nutritional information, our analyses specify which DASH food groups (and how much) make up one serving for each recipe. This can help ensure that you are following the DASH guidelines. Recommended daily servings for the DASH diet meal plan are as follows:

Resource Guide

Here are three excellent sites for purchasing a wide range of low-sodium products:

Healthy Heart Market

P.O. Box 74

Big Lake, MN 55309

(763) 262-2020

(888) 685-5988

www.healthyheartmarket.com

Low Salt Market

1014 Adams Circle, C-23

Boulder, CO 80303

(303) 350-7904

www.lowsaltmarket.com

Amazon

www.amazon.com

To learn more about the DASH diet:
www.dashdiet.org

The DASH Diet Action Plan
and
The DASH Diet Weight Loss Solution
provide everything you need to know to implement the DASH diet for better health and for weight loss.

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For additional DASH diet recipes, check out several of my favorite sites:

http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com

http://www.porkandhealth.org

http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/?page_id=5

http://www.ilovecheese.com/recipes.asp

http://www.almondsarein.com/recipes