Sentences with phrase «average sodium intake»

Cordain cites data from an 1984 book by D. Denton, which found that «hunter gatherers and non-westernized people worldwide» had average sodium intake from 0.234 to 1.131 grams per day.

The average sodium excretion of study participants was 4.9 grams per day, about 50 percent more than the average sodium intake of 3.3.

The average sodium intake in the U.S. and Canada is about 3.4 grams (about 1.5 teaspoons salt per day).

An AI is specifically defined as the intake found in a healthy population, but no First World population has a sodium intake anywhere as low as the 2004/2005 IOM targets.2 In comparison to the sodium adequate intake of 1500 mg per day for adults, the average sodium intake in the U.S. and Canada is 3300 mg per day (8.3 grams salt or just over one and one - half teaspoons).

The study, which followed 3,681 healthy European men and women age 60 or younger for about eight years, also found that above - average sodium intake did not appear to up the risk of developing high blood pressure (hypertension) or dying of a heart attack or stroke.

«Our study would suggest that moderate sodium intake — average sodium intake — is associated with the lowest risk of cardiovascular events,» O'Donnell says.

Previous studies have shown that low - sodium, compared to average sodium intake, is related to increased cardiovascular risk and mortality, even though low sodium intake is associated with lower blood pressure.

They shockingly found that the average sodium intake for each age group were:

Evidence suggest the average sodium intakes are: Australia 2.5 g, America 3.4 g, and Canada between 3.5 g and 4g per day.

Not exact matches

Australians consume 2150 mg of sodium a day, on average, but the recommended upper level of intake for adults is 2300mg / day (1400mg / day for 4 — 8 - year - olds) and adults only need 460 — 920 mg (children, even less) to meet our body's requirements.

The high sodium level was comparable to the average daily intake in a typical American diet.

«The additional sodium is even more worrisome because the average daily sodium intake among Americans is already so far above the recommended upper limit, posing a significant public health concern, such as hypertension and heart disease,» he said.

The researchers showed that regardless of whether people have high blood pressure, low - sodium intake is associated with more heart attacks, strokes, and deaths compared to average intake.

«Low sodium intake reduces blood pressure modestly, compared to average intake, but low sodium intake also has other effects, including adverse elevations of certain hormones which may outweigh any benefits.

Despite efforts over the past several decades to reduce dietary intake of sodium, a main component of table salt, the average American adult still consumes 3,400 mg or more of sodium a day — equivalent to about 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt.

First, one 24 - hour urine collection might be insufficient to characterize an individual's habitual salt intake, but it does accurately reflect the average salt consumption of groups of subjects.42 Thus, our analyses based on tertiles of 24 - hour urinary sodium should be less vulnerable to the high intraindividual variability of sodium excretion.

At the other end of the spectrum, heart patients who consumed very little sodium were also more likely than those with average intake to die of heart disease or be hospitalized for heart failure.

The relationship between sodium intake and heart risk seen in the study was «J - shaped»: Risk is somewhat elevated in people with the lowest sodium intake, drops to its lowest point in people with average intake, and then climbs steadily in groups with higher intake.

Data shows that roughly 70 % of an average American's sodium intake comes from processed foods.

According to the Harvard School of Public Health, three quarters of the average American's sodium intake (which is almost double what it should be!)

Most importantly, the study found that sodium excretion equal to the «adequate intake» promoted by health officials of 1.5 grams per day was associated with a large increased risk of death and serious CVD events compared to the average reference level of 4.5 grams per day (hazard ratio 1.80).

In sharp contrast to the sodium intakes in «non-westernized people worldwide» cited by Denton, surveys have found that the average daily sodium intakes are considerably higher: 5.3 grams in Asia, 4.9 grams in Africa and 4.6 grams in the Middle East.

RECENT STUDY ON ADVERSE EFFECTS OF LOW SODIUM INTAKE About the same time that U.S. health officials announced their new initiative to reduce salt intake, The Lancet published a large population - based study which showed persuasively that the risk of mortality and serious cardiovascular events increases significantly when salt intake drops below 3000 mg per day (two - thirds teaspoon) in an adult of average weight.3 The study also found that sodium intake in excess of seven grams per day (over three teaspoons salt) was associated with an increased risk in those with hypertension, but not in those without hyperteSODIUM INTAKE About the same time that U.S. health officials announced their new initiative to reduce salt intake, The Lancet published a large population - based study which showed persuasively that the risk of mortality and serious cardiovascular events increases significantly when salt intake drops below 3000 mg per day (two - thirds teaspoon) in an adult of average weight.3 The study also found that sodium intake in excess of seven grams per day (over three teaspoons salt) was associated with an increased risk in those with hypertension, but not in those without hyperteINTAKE About the same time that U.S. health officials announced their new initiative to reduce salt intake, The Lancet published a large population - based study which showed persuasively that the risk of mortality and serious cardiovascular events increases significantly when salt intake drops below 3000 mg per day (two - thirds teaspoon) in an adult of average weight.3 The study also found that sodium intake in excess of seven grams per day (over three teaspoons salt) was associated with an increased risk in those with hypertension, but not in those without hyperteintake, The Lancet published a large population - based study which showed persuasively that the risk of mortality and serious cardiovascular events increases significantly when salt intake drops below 3000 mg per day (two - thirds teaspoon) in an adult of average weight.3 The study also found that sodium intake in excess of seven grams per day (over three teaspoons salt) was associated with an increased risk in those with hypertension, but not in those without hyperteintake drops below 3000 mg per day (two - thirds teaspoon) in an adult of average weight.3 The study also found that sodium intake in excess of seven grams per day (over three teaspoons salt) was associated with an increased risk in those with hypertension, but not in those without hypertesodium intake in excess of seven grams per day (over three teaspoons salt) was associated with an increased risk in those with hypertension, but not in those without hyperteintake in excess of seven grams per day (over three teaspoons salt) was associated with an increased risk in those with hypertension, but not in those without hypertension.

These values are derived from twenty - four - hour urinary sodium excretion measurements in studies involving over one hundred thousand participants.4 Cordain implies that sodium intake in «non-westernized people» is far lower than in the US, but in fact the average daily sodium intake in Asia, Africa and the Middle East is about 50 percent higher than the 3.4 grams per day in the U.S. and Canada.24, 25

They found two main things: (a) sodium intake averaged about 3,700 mg per person per day, which is way higher than the upper recommended limit of 2,300; and (b) it essentially hasn't changed in the half - century studied.

Researchers found that in a Japanese population, «low» sodium intakes (about 20 percent above Americans» average intake) had one - third the incidence of fatal strokes of those consuming twice as much sodium as Americans.

Sodium in natural foods accounts for around 10 percent of the average American daily intake, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration.

After surveying more than 6,000 children over five years, researchers found that the average child consumed 3,400 milligrams of sodium per day — more than 1,000 milligrams above the upper intake.

A 2010 study found New Yorkers consume more than 3,200 mg of sodium each day on average, with higher intake among blacks and Hispanics, the health department said.