Cardiology
Americans eat 50% more salt than recommended, and FDA wants to change that. Here's how
It's no secret the U.S. depends on processed, packaged foods; they are convenient and affordable.
Oct 15, 2021
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Cardiology
Lower your sodium, and blood pressure will follow
Reducing sodium intake by any amount can lower blood pressure over the long term—and may benefit everyone, including people with normal blood pressure, new research shows.
Feb 16, 2021
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Researchers study whether high-potassium diets protect blood vessel function in salt-resistant adults
Dietary guidelines recommend that Americans consume less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day in their diet—about a teaspoon's worth. The reality is that most people in the United States are eating far more sodium than ...
Mar 6, 2020
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New study debunks notion that salt consumption contributes to weight loss
High blood pressure (BP) affects more than 150 million adults in the United States, putting them at increased risk for a range of health problems, including heart attack and stroke. Because salt consumption is thought to ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Higher salt intake can cause gastrointestinal bloating
A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that individuals reported more gastrointestinal bloating when they ate a diet high in salt.
Jun 27, 2019
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Three public health interventions could prevent 94 million premature deaths
A worldwide effort to lower people's blood pressure, cut their sodium intake, and eliminate trans fat from their diet could dramatically reduce the incidence of premature death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) over a quarter ...
Jun 10, 2019
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Cardiology
This may be why slashing salt lowers blood pressure
Slash sodium from your diet. That's the advice inevitably given to everyone.
May 13, 2019
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Sodium intake associated with increased lightheadedness in context of DASH-sodium trial
Lightheadedness with standing, otherwise known as postural lightheadedness, results from a gravitational drop in blood pressure and is common among adults. While mild in many adults, it has been cited as an important contributing ...
Feb 8, 2019
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Cardiology
High sodium intake may contribute to increased heart-disease deaths in China
Nearly a fifth of heart disease deaths in adults aged 25-69 in 2011 may be attributed to high sodium diets in a large province in China. Reducing salt intake in the region could potentially save thousands of lives, according ...
Dec 19, 2018
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Sodium intake, BP linked in communities with highest intake
(HealthDay)—Mean systolic blood pressure is increased with increasing sodium intake only in communities in the highest tertile of sodium intake, according to a study published online Aug. 9 in The Lancet.
Aug 23, 2018
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