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The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet score and its association with the Risk of Kidney Function Decline and Mortality among Veterans in the Million Veteran Program

Key takeaways

A very large study followed 251,921 U.S. veterans and scored how closely they followed the DASH eating plan, which is rich in fruit and vegetables and low in salt. People who followed it more closely tended to keep their kidney function longer and live longer. Because it watches eating habits instead of assigning diets, it shows a link, not proof. This is an early report that other scientists have not checked yet.

Source

Preprint · medRxiv nephrology preprints · 2026-08-12
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.11.26360178v1?rss=1