If you’ve been diagnosed with hypertension (the medical term for high blood pressure), your healthcare provider may recommend following the DASH diet. DASH stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension. The DASH diet is an eating pattern that emphasizes heart healthy foods that are known to help reduce blood pressure levels. Your body has many mechanisms in place for regulating blood pressure levels, but factors like genetics, age, diet, and lifestyle choices can also influence your blood pressure. High blood […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic. Supply chain strains. Climatic events. These disruptions were already pushing food prices up when Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Today, war in one of the world’s six breadbasket regions and in the Black Sea, a critical supply and transit hub for wheat and fertilizers, is tilting global food security into a state of high risk. A deal […]