Sentences with phrase «daily sodium intake increased»

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«These products can increase our daily sodium and sugar intake.

The «wildly speculative values» of 3 to 7 grams per day referred to by Cordain came from a cohort study published in 2011 in The Journal of the American Medical Association in which sodium intake of almost twenty - nine thousand patients with established cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus was estimated by twenty - four - hour urinary sodium excretion.26 During the follow - up of fifty - four months, the study found that daily sodium intake below three grams and above seven grams significantly increased cardiovascular risk.

The finding that daily sodium intake below 3 grams significantly increased cardiovascular disease risk was supported by two subsequent studies that involved over one hundred thousand participants.3, 4 When those with and without hypertension were evaluated it was found that sodium intake of about 7 grams per day increased the cardiovascular risk of hypertensives but not in those without hypertension.3

It is noted that a sodium intake of less than 2 grams per day, which approximates the sodium intake of the paleo diet with no added salt, was associated with a 68 percent increase in cardiovascular disease risk during follow - up of fifty - four months in the study reviewed in the Kresser blog.26 Another study, which excluded subjects with cardiovascular disease, hypertension and diabetes, found that after thirty - three months, the cardiovascular risk of those with daily sodium excretion of 1.9 grams was 36 percent higher after adjustment for body mass index and sex than the risk of those excreting 3 grams.6

Daily sodium intake > 6 grams a day was associated with increased risk of mortality and cardiovascular events.

If your daily routine includes any of these things that interfere with potassium, it's essential to speak with your doctor about making appropriate changes, such as following a low - sodium diet, increasing your intake of potassium - rich fruits and vegetables or changing medications.