Sentences with phrase «as sodium consumption»

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.

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As healthy eating continues to dominate consumers» minds when choosing where to eat, chain restaurants in New York City are required to put warnings on high sodium foods under a new law that is meant to reduce salt consumption.

High sodium consumption is associated with health problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease, and the FDA has put out new voluntary guidelines for commercial food producers to cut down on sodium in their products.

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.

Indeed, research doesn't always support the notion that salt causes high blood pressure: A large, multicenter study known as INTERSALT compared urinary sodium levels — an accurate indicator of prior sodium consumption — with hypertension in more than 10,000 people in 1988 and found no statistically significant association between them.

Consumption of sugar has also been associated with enhanced activity of the sympathetic nervous system as well as sodium retention.

Increased consumption of sugar contributes to obesity and higher risk of cardiovascular disease mortality, as for high sodium intake, it's associated with increased risk of hypertension and stoke.

Individuals need to be advised to increase physical activity as well as to reduce sodium consumption.

Compounding the quandary is that many people end up cutting out electrolytes such as sodium and potassium as their carb consumption goes down.

and that increases your risk of death or a serious event such as a heart attack or stroke: Relevant New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) video, Global Sodium Consumption slides are:

Although either not relevant to the sodium consumption of human populations, unreliable, or insufficient for any definitive conclusions, these data were taken as the

Based on that, significantly higher sodium consumption in civilized societies was quickly characterized as overconsumption, and associated with hypertension.

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 consumptioAs 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 consumptioas 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.

Current national guidelines recommend weight control, reduced intake of sodium chloride (salt), reduced alcohol consumption, and possibly increased dietary potassium as nutritional approaches to prevent and treat hypertension.2, 3

As part of the history, the doctor will want to know which, if any, risk factors for stroke you have: high blood pressure, diabetes, irregular heartbeat, oral contraceptive use, heredity, other heart diseases, smoking, diet (especially high sodium and high cholesterol), obesity, lack of exercise, blood disorders, and heavy alcohol consumption.