The Dash Diet January 31st, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed You may not have heard of the DASH diet, created by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to help control hypertension. In fact, DASH is short for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. In general the diet plan limits sodium intake and encourages people to eat nuts, whole grains, fish, poultry, as well as fruits and vegetables. It discourages eating red meat, sweets, and sugar. Read on for more information about the DASH die