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The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is perhaps the best example of how a nutrient dense dietary pattern can prevent chronic disease. In randomized trials, DASH dietary patterns lowered blood pressure in hypertensive individuals.1 Subsequent trials and observational studies have consistently found that DASH-type diets reduced cardiovascular and metabolic risk.2
Monsivais et al. (Mon,) studied this question.