Diet Protocol
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension pattern emphasizing produce, low-fat dairy, and sodium control.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Superscript reference numbers link to the Sources bibliography.
Composite Rating
Blends evidence depth, community direction, safety friction, and completeness.
Evidence Intensity
100/100
High depth from human/RCT/meta counts
Community Direction
60
Positive Lean • confidence Moderate
Safety Friction
64/100
Moderate signal from adverse/interaction markers
Data Completeness
100%
Studies 16 • mentions 11 • links 25
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Best fit: Blood-pressure and cardiometabolic risk management..[183,1193,1399, etc.]
Goal alignment: Heart Health, Metabolic Health.[183,1193,1399, etc.]
Protocol Type
Diet Plan
Evidence Tier
HIGH
Best Fit
Blood-pressure and cardiometabolic risk management.
Primary Focus
Heart Health, Metabolic Health
Clinical Depth
Humans: 882 • RCTs: 188 • Meta: 54
Cohort / Real-World
Cohort signals: 238
Safety Markers
Adverse signals: 25 • Interactions: 0
Freshness, trend, and study timeline for this item
Status
Trend
→ Stable evidence base
Depth
882 total studies · 4 recent
Timeline
Total indexed
882
Human studies
882
Adherence/dropout signals
334
Cohort signals
238
Randomized trials
188
Meta-analyses
54
Weighted direction score: 60 (Positive Lean)
High when large human trial/meta/cohort volume exists for the named dietary protocol.
Total indexed
882
Human studies
882
Adherence/dropout signals
334
Cohort signals
238
Randomized trials
188
Meta-analyses
54
Safety adverse signals
25
Mechanistic signals
19
Distribution of evidence by study design strength
Evidence Strength: High
PMID 32330233 • 2020 Sep 1
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet and Blood Pressure Reduction in Adults with and without Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Adv Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 37513679 • 2023 Jul 24
Adherence to the DASH Diet and Risk of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Nutrients
Open PubMedPMID 34353704 • 2021 Sep 22
The effects of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet on metabolic risk factors in patients with chronic disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Benefit reports: 3
Adverse reports: 0
No-effect reports: 1
Mixed reports: 0
Unclear reports: 7
Signal confidence: 0.52
Benefits
Adverse
No Effect
Community confidence 0.52 with mentions: benefit 2, adverse 0, no-effect 1.
Subreddit coverage: Biohackers, ScientificNutrition, loseit, nutrition.
post • r/ScientificNutrition • unclear
Comparing Very Low-Carbohydrate vs DASH Diets for Overweight or Obese Adults With Hypertension and Prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial **Abstract** **PURPOSE:** Adults with a triple multimorbidity (hypertension, prediabetes …
Open mentionpost • r/nutrition • unclear
Lean meats and good fats, DASH diet I’m having issues with fats. Whenever I put in a proposed daily food I’m at about 175% of the recommended daily fat (65g) due to foods like nuts, tuna, salmon, and avocado. Is there any evidence that I c…
Open mentionpost • r/ScientificNutrition • unclear
Which is more effective in hypertension?: Salt-free diet vs DASH diet
Evidence Sources
PUBMED • Human diet protocol literature
Counts from structured PubMed protocol-specific query set.
Outcome: Humans 882, RCT 188, meta 54, cohort 238.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2020 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 32330233 from Adv Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[,, etc.]
Composite of study volume, RCTs, and meta-analyses
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
PMID 25430608 • 2015 Jan 14
Effects of the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet on cardiovascular risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Br J Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 39339654 • 2024 Sep 10
Effectiveness of DASH Diet versus Other Diet Modalities in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Nutrients
Open PubMedPMID 38388374 • 2024 Feb 22
Ranking the dietary interventions by their effectiveness in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Reprod Health
Open PubMedPMID 37217318 • 2023 May-Jun
Comparing Very Low-Carbohydrate vs DASH Diets for Overweight or Obese Adults With Hypertension and Prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial.
Ann Fam Med
Open PubMedPMID 37625311 • 2023 Oct
DASH vs. Mediterranean diet on a salt restriction background in adults with high normal blood pressure or grade 1 hypertension: A randomized controlled trial.
Clin Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 38886740 • 2024 Jun 17
Effects of DASH diet with or without time-restricted eating in the management of stage 1 primary hypertension: a randomized controlled trial.
Nutr J
Open PubMedPMID 26041459 • 2015 Nov
Effects of the DASH Diet and Walking on Blood Pressure in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Uncontrolled Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)
Open PubMedPMID 11136953 • 2001 Jan 4
Effects on blood pressure of reduced dietary sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. DASH-Sodium Collaborative Research Group.
N Engl J Med
Open PubMedPMID 39054440 • 2024 Jul 25
The effect of dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet on fatty liver and cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with metabolic syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
BMC Endocr Disord
Open PubMedPMID 37505402 • 2023 Sep
Nutrition in the Management of ADHD: A Review of Recent Research.
Curr Nutr Rep
Open PubMedPMID 31209456 • 2019 Nov 1
The Mediterranean, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), and Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diets Are Associated with Less Cognitive Decline and a Lower Risk of Alzheimer's Disease-A Review.
Adv Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 18413553 • 2008 Apr 14
Adherence to a DASH-style diet and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in women.
Arch Intern Med
Open PubMedPMID 31521398 • 2019 Dec
Mediterranean diet: The role of long-chain ω-3 fatty acids in fish; polyphenols in fruits, vegetables, cereals, coffee, tea, cacao and wine; probiotics and vitamins in prevention of stroke, age-related cognitive decline, and Alzheimer disease.
Rev Neurol (Paris)
Open PubMedpost • r/ScientificNutrition • unclear
Effect of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet on lipid profile in individuals with overweight/ obesity: A GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials # Abstract **Background and aim:** Obesity is a…
Open mentionpost • r/Biohackers • no_effect
Which is more effective in hypertension?: Salt-free diet vs DASH diet # Background: In the management of hypertension lifestyle changes are recommended along with pharmacological treatment. # Methods: This randomized controlled interventio…
Open mentionpost • r/loseit • unclear
Healthy Eating Hacks/Tricks That Blew Your Mind? I've been on my journey for 27 weeks and 1 day. I'm constantly learning new things and making adjustments. My doctor recently told me that I've nailed being in a healthy calorie deficit alon…
Open mentioncomment • r/ScientificNutrition • benefit
So it looks like VLC folks lost more weight. This could possibly be largely attributed to the fact that VLC has high satiety and it's a much clearer guideline and harder to cheat. People may be more likely to cheat on the DASH diet and ind…
Open mentioncomment • r/ScientificNutrition • benefit
HbA1c was lowered more with the ketogenic diet -- obviously not from water weight. The maximum likely water weight loss with ketosis is all of 10lb. The weight loss of the ketogenic diet group was almost 20lbs *at 4 months*. "Individuals o…
Open mentioncomment • r/ScientificNutrition • unclear
See table 5. Note that 2 of the dash diet followers went on increased medication for glucose and none had reduced dosages, while none of the vlc group increased drugs and many of them had reduced dosages. This will overestimate the effect …
Open mentioncomment • r/ScientificNutrition • unclear
It's pretty common from the keto side. When you get to keto levels of carbs - and this study was probably keto - you need to discontinue some diabetes drugs because if you don't you will see incidents of hypoglycemia. A similar thing with …
Open mentionCommunity Sources
PUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 37513679 from Nutrients.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2021 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 34353704 from Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2015 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 25430608 from Br J Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 39339654 from Nutrients.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 38388374 from Reprod Health.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 37217318 from Ann Fam Med.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 37625311 from Clin Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 38886740 from Nutr J.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2015 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 26041459 from J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich).
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2001 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 11136953 from N Engl J Med.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 39054440 from BMC Endocr Disord.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 37505402 from Curr Nutr Rep.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2019 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 31209456 from Adv Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2008 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 18413553 from Arch Intern Med.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2019 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 31521398 from Rev Neurol (Paris).
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1399,1834,2400, etc.]
Open source