Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension for Diabetes

"DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The DASH diet is a healthy dieter that lowers blood pressure. The DASH diet emphasizes fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products; includes whole grains, poultry, fish, and nuts; and is reduced in red meat, sweets, and sugar-containing beverages. The DASH4D dietary pattern is a version of the DASH diet that is lower in carbohydrate."

The comparison dietary pattern is based on a typical American diet, with macronutrient distributions generally at the average of typical US intake, and micronutrient targets generally near the 25th percentile of usual US intake (with the exception of sodium).

3700 mg/day sodium (at the 2000 kilocalorie level)

1500 mg/day sodium (at the 2000 kilocalorie level)