Introduction

The goal of medical nutrition therapy in hypertension is to reduce the mortality and morbidity from, hypertension-associated complications like stroke, other heart and renal diseases etc. The major risk factors for hypertension are-

• Obesity
• Alcohol consumption
• Physical inactivity or sedentary lifestyle
• Mental stress

Dietary management coupled with proper lifestyle modification is highly effective in treatment of hypertension as it can take care of some of the risk factors mentioned above.