High sodium consumption raises blood pressure.
Only about 10 per cent of the population in the global study had both hypertension and
high sodium consumption (greater than 6 grams per day).
Further, the findings show that while there is a limit below which sodium intake may be unsafe, the harm associated with
high sodium consumption appears to be confined to only those with hypertension.
I have to say, though, that I doubt the salt shaker is the main culprit of
your high sodium 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.
Based on that, significantly
higher sodium consumption in civilized societies was quickly characterized as overconsumption, and associated with hypertension.
Not exact matches
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.
Although the food industry has reformulated products and expanded efforts to reduce
sodium, sugar and saturated fat content, the guidelines propose taxation on
higher sugar - and
sodium - containing foods to encourage consumers to reduce their
consumption.
Public health advocates also applauded the City's adoption, noting that in California they've seen reductions in the
consumption of
sodium,
high fructose corn syrup and processed foods.
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).
However, on average the majority of children have a
higher consumption of
sodium due to the foods sold by the food industry in general and not just the baby food manufacturers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On the
high end of
sodium consumption, 11 percent of hypertensive study participants had
sodium intake greater than 7 grams per day and were therefore also at significant increased risk.
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.
Excessive
sodium consumption has a wide range of health implications that include
high blood pressure, heart disease and kidney disease.
Individuals diagnosed with
high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease should be particularly mindful of their
sodium consumption.
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!).
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.
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.
In a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the authors indicated that having a
higher energy intake, coupled with trans fat and
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