" What About the DASH Diet? What if you are among the seventy-eight million Americans who already have high blood pressure? How can you bring it down? The American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) all recommend that patients first try lifestyle modifications, such as reducing body weight, limiting sodium and alcohol intake, getting more exercise, and eating a healthier diet.92 However, if their recommended lifestyle changes don’t work, then it’s off to the pharmacy. "

― Michael Greger , How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease