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Background: Although the Mediterranean diet has been studied for cancer mortality and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet shares similarities with the Mediterranean diet, few studies have specifically examined these 2 diets and incident colorectal cancer.Objective: The objective was to prospectively assess the association between the Alternate Mediterranean Diet (aMed) and the DASH-style diet scores and risk of colorectal cancer in middle-aged men and women.Design: A total of 87,256 women and 45,490 men (age 30–55 y for women and 40–75 y for men at baseline) without a history of cancer were followed for ≤26 y. The aMed and DASH scores were calculated for each participant by using dietary information that was assessed ≤7 times during follow-up. Relative risks (RRs) for colorectal cancer were computed with adjustment for potential confounders.Results: We documented 1432 …