The DASH diet encourages you to reduce the sodium in your diet and eat a variety of foods rich in nutrients that help lower blood pressure, such as potassium, calcium and magnesium. By following the DASH diet, you may be able to reduce your blood pressure by a few points in just two weeks. Over time, your systolic blood pressure could drop by seven to 12 points, which can make a significant difference in your health risks.
push/drive somebody over the edge. if an unpleasant event pushes someone over the edge, it makes them start to behave in a crazy way She had been driven over the edge by the separation from her husband.
The edge of a box is the line of intersection of two adjoining sides, which are planes; the ridgepole of a pitch roof is the line of intersection of the two sides of the roof; and so on in great number. 78. In Fig. 61, a triangular pyramid stands on its base, and several lines of intersection are shown.