A fabulous diet created by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to control hypertension is the DASH diet.

In fact, DASH is short for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. Red meats, sugars, sodium and other sweets are out in this diet, while whole grains, nuts, fish and poultry are in. Here's more information about the DASH diet.

The DASH diet resulted from a series of studies that examined dietary plans and their results. The diet plan tells people what to eat, as well as how to substitute satisfying foods for junk food. Coming up with decent junk food alternatives helps people stick to the diet long term. The diet also emphasizes fresh as opposed to processed foods – fresh foods often taste better.

Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH is the official guide book for the DASH diet.

The guide lists foods, their nutrition information, and healthy alternatives. It also explains in details the meal plans of the DASH diet along with nutritional information for those plans. The complete guide also details resources such as organizations that can help people start and maintain the diet.

Yahoo maintains a thorough page dedicated to the DASH diet. It's complete with links to the guide, web sites of people who have followed the diet, and detailed diet plans.

One reason the DASH diet discourages the consumption of processed foods is that they contain 75% of the sodium in our diet.

Hypertension can be minimized by removing processed foods, and thus sodium which causes both high blood pressure and hypertension, from the diet.

The DASH diet is not another fad diet. It was created after painstaking research, and many health experts believe in it.

Even people who don't suffer from hypertension or high blood pressure can enjoy its benefits. Use the DASH diet to avoid problems like high blood pressure.