Not exact matches
The addition of a front - of - pack label increased both groups» ability to discriminate
between products with
high and low
sodium, while the Traffic Light label enabled better identification of the
high -
sodium product.
Colostrum is characteristically
high in
sodium (> 30 mmol / L) and low in potassium (< 15 mmol / L) as a result of open paracellular pathways
between mammary epithelial cells [14].
They looked specifically at whether the relationship
between sodium (salt) intake and death, heart disease and stroke differs in people with
high blood pressure compared to those with normal blood pressure.
· evidence supports a positive relationship
between higher levels of
sodium intake and risk of heart disease, which is consistent with previous research based on
sodium's effects on blood pressure;
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.
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.
Danish researchers have found that sleep deprivation causes healthy children,
between the ages of eight and twelve, to urinate significantly more frequently, excrete more
sodium in their urine, have altered regulation of the hormones important for excretion, and have
higher blood pressure and heart rates.
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.
The researchers found that people with a low
sodium intake (less than 3,000 mg) experienced a
higher risk of heart attack, stroke, or heart failure, compared to people who consumed
between 3,000 mg and 6,000 mg a day.
Another 2011 study confirmed this observation; not only was lower
sodium excretion associated with
higher CVD mortality, but baseline
sodium excretion did not predict the incidence of hypertension, and any associations
between systolic pressure and
sodium excretion did not translate into less morbidity or improved survival.
There's a dangerous connection
between sodium and
high blood pressure, but not enough people heed doctors» warnings.
CDC speculates that the observed association
between low
sodium intake and increased CVD risk may have been due to a
higher proportion of participants in the low
sodium group, compared to groups with
higher intake levels, who had diabetes, hypertension, and pre-existing cardiovascular disease at baseline and therefore may have consumed less
sodium, leading to a noncausal association
between sodium intake and increased cardiovascular events.
Making your own soup will make it easier to control the amount of
sodium, since all three of these canned options are
high in
sodium, containing
between 31 and 41 percent of the daily recommended value.