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Twenty-five years ago, if you were diagnosed with hypertension, your doctor may have simply sent you on your way with a prescription and advice to cut back on salt. However, over the past two decades, the medical community’s understanding of the effects that diet, body weight, and lifestyle have on blood pressure has expanded tremendously. Studies by physicians, scientists, dietitians, and others have concluded that controlling blood pressure is about far more than just the salt. The following sections trace the history of DASH and explain why DASH is more than just another trendy diet.