Beneficial Effects of a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Eating Plan on Features of the Metabolic Syndrome
Response to Azdbakht et al.
- Katherine Esposito, MD, PHD and
- Dario Giugliano, MD, PHD
- Division of Metabolic Diseases, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
- Address correspondence to Dario Giugliano, MD, PhD, University of Naples SUN, Piazza L. Miraglia, 80138 Naples, Italy. E-mail: dario.giugliano{at}unina2.it
We read with interest the article by Azdbakht et al. (1), showing that a nutritional approach based on a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet reduced the prevalence of the syndrome by about one-third. This study adds to the mounting evidence that fighting metabolic and cardiovascular disease with diet is possible (2). As the DASH diet is very similar to the Mediterranean diet, these results confirm in …
