Hypertension—one of the top chronic conditions we face— involves a multipronged approach to management. In addition to pharmacotherapy, never forget to start with lifestyle modifications. Here we review the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension, from which the combination DASH diet emerged.

Things to consider about this trial:

• What are the components of the dietary options?
• How could recruitment methodology effect the results?
• Whether or not these results are directly applicable to your patients, how can you adapt the findings/recommendations to the patient to improve blood pressure?