What that means is that in some cases, there is a merit to have
lower sodium consumption.
The findings, reported in the May 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, certainly seem counterintuitive, especially in light of the ongoing public - health campaign to
lower sodium consumption across the U.S. by urging restaurants and food manufacturers to curtail their use of the ingredient.
Not exact matches
The dietary guidelines promotes the intake of vegetables, fruits, grains,
low - fat and fat - free dairy, lean meats and other protein foods and oils, while urging limitations on the
consumption of saturated fats, trans fats, added sugars and
sodium.
The entrée must include specified portionsof two of the following sources: fruits, vegetables, lean protein, whole grains and
low fat dairy while limiting
consumption of unhealthy fats, sugars and
sodium — top concerns regarding children's health.
It is not too surprising that
sodium consumption is higher now than it was seventy years ago, considering the increasing amount of processed foods that make up the «typical American diet» (remember, the more processed a food, the higher its
sodium content and the
lower its potassium levels).
He added that what is now generally recommended as a healthy daily ceiling for
sodium consumption appears to be set too
low, regardless of a person's blood pressure level.
As such, the data show very
low intakes of vegetables, fruits and their derivatives,
low consumption of cereals, mainly refined, and high intake of meats and their derivatives and products prepared with high
sodium, fat and added sugar content.
Recent studies that examine links between
sodium consumption and health outcomes support recommendations to
lower sodium intake from the very high levels some Americans consume now, but evidence from these studies does not support reduction in
sodium intake to below 2,300 mg per day, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
Simply by increasing your
consumption of potassium and decreasing
sodium consumption you can minimize your risk of stroke by 20 % and you can also
lower the risk of heart disease.
These lists might seem daunting (yes, salt seems to be in everything), but more
low -
sodium products are appearing on shelves these days as
sodium consumption becomes a widespread concern.
Among their findings were that except in a few places with extremely
low salt
consumption, the amount of
sodium in the diet was unrelated to the prevalence of hypertension in a society or to its average blood pressure.
When our salt
consumption is too
low, defense mechanisms include salt hunger to increase
sodium intake and reduction of urine and sweat to reduce
sodium losses.
FACT: When the results of the DASH
Sodium trial are examined (see diagram in Figure 4), it is immediately apparent that merely moving to a DASH diet (red line) has a significantly greater impact on blood pressure than simply
lowering salt
consumption.
When
consumption deviated from the 2,645 — 4,945 mg range mortality increased, so that both excessively high and
low consumption of
sodium were associated with reduced survival.
Although it is a plant based high carb vegan diet relative to the 80/10/10 plan, the main difference is that RT4 encourages the
consumption of «healthy cooked carbs» at night with
low or no
sodium (so kiss the sauce goodbye, folks!).
However, this study was limited in that the experimental manipulation did not provide sufficient potassium or
sodium intake, nor did it allow time for keto - adaptation to reflect the conditions of chronic, very
low carbohydrate
consumption.
As far back as 1997, the American Heart Association, who also brought us the 1,500 mg of
sodium a day goal, published a study that showed how potassium could
lower blood pressure, without any restrictions on salt
consumption.
Indeed, unlike animal protein, plant protein has not been associated with increased insulinlike growth factor 1 levels28, 29 and has been linked to
lower blood pressure,30 - 32 reduced
low - density lipoprotein levels,32 - 34 and improved insulin sensitivity.35 Substitution of plant protein for animal protein has been related to a
lower incidence of CVD36 - 39 and type 2 diabetes.40 - 42 Moreover, although a high intake of red meat, particularly processed red meat, has been associated with increased mortality in a recent meta - analysis of 13 cohort studies, 43 high
consumption of nuts, a major contributor to plant protein, has been associated
lower CVD and all - cause mortality.44 These results underscore the importance of protein sources for risk assessment and suggest that other components in protein - rich foods (eg,
sodium, 45 nitrates, and nitrites46 in processed red meat), in addition to protein per se, may have a critical health effect.
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