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Related Topics:

• DASH Diet / hypertension

News & Research:

• Cutting Salt as Good as Quitting Smoking - WebMD, 1/22/10 - "Cutting U.S. salt intake by just half a teaspoon a day would prevent up to 92,000 deaths, 99,000 heart attacks, and 66,000 strokes -- a benefit as big as smoking cessation"
• High salt intake directly linked to stroke and cardiovascular disease - Science Daily, 11/24/09 - "analyzed the results of 13 published studies involving over 170,000 people that directly assessed the relationship between levels of habitual salt intake and rates of stroke and cardiovascular disease ... Their analysis shows unequivocally that a difference of 5 g a day in habitual salt intake is associated with a 23% difference in the rate of stroke and a 17% difference in the rate of total cardiovascular disease"
• Cut Hypertension Drugs With Low-Salt Diet - WebMD, 7/21/09
• New Light Shed On Enigma Of Salt Intake And Hypertension - Science Daily, 5/4/09
• Consuming A Little Less Salt Could Mean Fewer Deaths - Science Daily, 3/11/09 - "A 3-gram–a-day reduction in salt intake (about 1200 mg of sodium) would result in 6 percent fewer cases of new heart disease, 8 percent fewer heart attacks, and 3 percent fewer deaths ... Currently, Americans eat 9-12 grams of salt per day"
• Low-Sodium, High Potassium is Effective in Lowering Blood Pressure - Science Daily, 1/26/09 - "Those with the highest sodium levels in their urine were 20% more likely to suffer strokes, heart attacks, or other forms of cardiovascular disease compared with their counterparts with the lowest sodium levels. However this link was not strong enough to be considered statistically significant ... By contrast, participants with the highest sodium-to-potassium ratio in urine were 50% more likely to experience cardiovascular disease than those with the lowest sodium-to-potassium ratios. This link was statistically significant ... To lower blood pressure and blunt the effects of salt, adults should consume 4.7 grams of potassium per day unless they have a clinical condition or medication need that is a contraindication to increased potassium intake" - See potassium products at iHerb.
• Reducing Salt Intake Isn't The Only Way To Reduce Blood Pressure - Science Daily, 1/26/09 - "A new study suggests that people trying to lower their blood pressure should also boost their intake of potassium, which has the opposite effect to sodium ... To lower blood pressure and blunt the effects of salt, adults should consume 4.7 grams of potassium per day unless they have a clinical condition or medication need that is a contraindication to increased potassium intake" - See potassium products at iHerb.
• Salt May Restrict Blood Flow to Heart - WebMD, 1/22/09 - "Overweight and obese study participants with normal blood pressure who restricted the sodium in their diets showed evidence of improved endothelial function compared to participants who did not restrict salt ... The improvement appeared to be unrelated to the impact on blood pressure, suggesting that salt restriction is independently protective of blood vessel function"
• Salt Reduction May Offer Cardioprotective Effects Beyond Blood Pressure Reduction - Science Daily, 1/16/09 - "sodium reduction is beneficial for people who have normal blood pressure and those who are overweight or obese, and the benefits start in just a few weeks"
• Low Potassium Linked To High Blood Pressure - Science Daily, 11/8/08 - "As a risk factor for high blood pressure, low levels of potassium in the diet may be as important as high levels of sodium" - See potassium products at iHerb.
• Grapes May Aid A Bunch Of Heart Risk Factors, Animal Study Finds - Science Daily, 10/29/08 - "Could eating grapes help fight high blood pressure related to a salty diet? And could grapes calm other factors that are also related to heart diseases such as heart failure? A new University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center study suggests so" - See OPC + 95 products at iHerb.
• Blood Pressure Response To Daily Stress Provides Clues For Better Hypertension Treatment - Science Daily, 8/14/08 - "Research shows that two-thirds of patients’ high blood pressure is not controlled despite the best efforts of their doctors. That is terrible ... Studies will explore fundamentals such as why about 30 percent of young healthy blacks and 15 percent of whites can’t effectively excrete sodium, a problem that raises blood pressure by increasing the body’s fluid volume. “We think there is a defect in their kidneys, in the normal mechanisms that allow them to excrete salt,” ... America’s current obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemic also has them looking at insulin, glucose and cholesterol levels and whether fat exacerbates all the factors they are following, which they believe it does"
• Cardiovascular Risk: Low Sodium Diets Might Be Worse Than High Salt Diets - Science Daily, 5/15/08 - "Contrary to long-held assumptions, high-salt diets may not increase the risk of death ... The Einstein researchers actually observed a significantly increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated with lower sodium diets" - This has been going back and forth for years.  I try to cut down and use Morton Lite salt, etc.
• Reducing Salt Intake Can Lower the Long-Term Risk for Cardiovascular Events - Medscape, 4/24/08 - "Cutting back on salt intake, while known to lower blood pressure, also appears to significantly reduce the long-term risk of cardiovascular events. Observational follow-up from the Trials of Hypertension Prevention (TOHP) showed that a reduction in salt intake could reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes by 25%"
• Salt intake brings new levels of alarm - USATODAY.COM, 2/10/08 - "Salt "is the single most harmful element in the food supply, even worse than saturated fat and trans fat, or food additives and pesticides," ... most Americans consume about 3,500 to 4,000 milligrams of sodium a day ... Government guidelines recommend that certain groups in which there is a greater prevalence of high blood pressure, including black, middle-aged and older people, limit their daily sodium intake to 1,500 milligrams"
• High-salt diet link to ulcer risk - BBC News, 5/22/07
• Cut Heart Risk by Eating Less Salt - WebMD, 4/19/07 - "people who reduced their dietary sodium while participating in the studies saw 25% reductions in heart disease and stroke risk 10 to 15 years later, compared with people who ate their usual diets"
• Salt Intake Is Strongly Associated With Obesity - Science Daily, 11/13/06 - "Perhaps the most interesting finding of the study is the close link between salt intake and obesity. The study reports that increasing intakes of sodium (salt) obligatorily produce a progressive increase in thirst. The progressive increase in the average intake of salt explains the observed concomitant increase in the intake of beverages which, in turn, has caused a marked net increase in the intake of calories during the same period in the United States"
• The War Over Salt  - New York Times, 9/13/06
• Good News for Salt Lovers - New Hope Natural Media Online, 8/3/06 - "The men who ate from the kitchens using potassium-enriched salt were about 40% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease than the men who ate from the kitchens using regular salt"
• Salt Substitute May Help Hearts - WebMD, 6/16/06
• Substituting Salt With a Potassium Salt May Benefit Elderly Veterans - Medscape, 6/14/06 - "subjects in the potassium chloride cohort had a hazard ratio of 0.59 for CVD mortality vs the control group ... Subjects in the potassium chloride group enjoyed an increased average life expectancy of 0.3 to 0.9 years vs the control group ... Dietary potassium chloride was associated with a significant reduction in the cost of inpatient care vs sodium chloride, with subjects in the experimental group incurring an average of $426 less inpatient cost per individual"
• Too Much Salt in Restaurant, Processed Foods? - WebMD, 8/18/05
• Salt Kicks Hypertension Up A Notch - Science Daily, 6/7/05
• Some True Facts About Salt - CBS 2 Chicago, 2/24/05
• Is Sodium Restriction Important to Hypertension? - Medscape, 6/23/04
• Salt Getting Overlooked In Health Craze - Intelihealth, 5/24/04 - "On average we take in about twice the recommended amount ... Although the recommended government guideline for a healthy American adult is no more than 2.4 grams of sodium a day, or about one teaspoon of salt, several studies suggest much lower amounts"
• Current “Healthy” Salt Recommendations Still Too High - Healthwell, 5/20/04
• Americans Advised to Cut Salt, Follow Thirst - WebMD, 2/11/04
• Reducing Sodium Does Not Adversely Affect Lipids - Doctor's Guide, 10/3/03
• Remember Sodium? We're Still Getting Too Much - Intelihealth, 3/14/03 - "The average American consumes 4,000 milligrams of sodium per day, far exceeding the maximum of 2,400 milligrams recommended ... only an estimated 25 percent of daily sodium intake is added at the table. The remainder is unseen, consumed in restaurant and processed foods ... A Weight Watchers Smart Ones frozen entree may be low in fat and calories, but it's not so light in sodium ... a Burger King Broiler Chicken Sandwich has 1,110 milligrams of sodium ... about 90 percent of the population is diagnosed with hypertension by the age of 80. People with high blood pressure have an increased risk for heart disease and stroke. High sodium levels also raise the risk of osteoporosis and kidney problems ... In the case of osteoporosis, potassium appears to offset calcium losses from excessive sodium ... postmenopausal women with diets high in salt lost higher amounts of bone mineral. Eating potassium-rich foods such as bananas, tomatoes and orange juice helped stem the calcium loss"
• Health Group Urges Less Salt In Food - Intelihealth, 11/13/02 - "The nation's largest public health group is recommending a 50 percent decrease in salt in processed food and restaurant meals over the next 10 years ... Government guidelines already recommend limiting intake of sodium - which increases blood pressure - to no more than 2.4 grams daily, or the equivalent of about a teaspoon of table salt. But the average American adult consumes nearly 4 grams a day"
• Salt Reduction Has Little Impact On Cardiovascular Events Or Mortality - Doctor's Guide, 9/23/02 - "Reducing patient dietary sodium intake has little effect or either cardiovascular events or mortality ... There also are doubts about effects of salt reduction on overall health"
• DASH Diet And Reduced Sodium Lowers Blood Pressure For All - Doctor's Guide, 12/18/01
• For Some Women, Limiting Salt Can Drastically Lower Health Risks - WebMD, 7/31/01 - "those women who ate only a teaspoon of salt per day reduced their blood pressure by 16 points, experiencing as much benefit as they would from some blood pressure lowering medicines"
• Dietary Sodium May Be Risk Factor For Proteinuria In African-Americans With High Blood Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 7/11/01
• Will Licking Your Salt Habit Beat High Blood Pressure? - WebMD, 6/18/01 - "lower levels of dietary salt -- 1,500 mg a day -- cut blood pressure in individuals with and without hypertension"
• Has Hypertension Met Its Match? - Nutrition Science News, 4/01 - "These study results indicate that reducing sodium lowers blood pressure in people with or without hypertension. The researchers concluded that the recommended sodium intake, already substantially lower than the average intake, should be lowered further, and that more low-sodium products should be made available"
• Study Shows New Link Between Salt Sensitivity And Risk Of Death - Doctor's Guide, 2/15/01
• Salt Sensitivity Increases Heart Disease Death Risk - WebMD, 10/25/00
• Cutting Down On Salt To Prevent Stroke - Doctor's Guide, 9/19/00
• Low Sodium Diet Important For Newly Diagnosed Diabetics - Doctor's Guide, 8/23/00
• Decrease Homocysteine With DASH - Medscape, 8/22/00
• Sodium Increases Death Risk in the Overweight - Nutrition Science News, 6/00
• Study: All Should Lower Salt Intake - Intelihealth, 5/18/00
• Large Blood Pressure Benefit From Reduced Dietary Sodium - Doctor's Guide, 5/17/00
• Essential Nutrients for Endurance Athletes - Nutrition Science News, 5/99
• Salt: Is it really that bad for you? - CNN, 8/14/98
• Lowest Salt Use Linked To Highest Mortality - Doctor's Guide, 3/13/98
• Sodium Sensitivity Puts Hypertensives At High Risk Of Cardiovascular Events - Doctor's Guide, 12/12/97
• Cardia Salt Alternative Shown To Lower Blood Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 5/31/97
• New Salt Alternative That Helps Reduce Blood Pressure Launched Nationally - Doctor's Guide, 1/16/97

Abstracts:

• Salt intake, blood pressure and clinical outcomes - Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2008 May;17(3):310-314 - "The recent Trials of Hypertension Prevention follow-up study found that, despite small changes in blood pressure, the risk of cardiovascular disease was reduced by 25% among those in the sodium reduction intervention. A study of potassium salt substitution among Taiwanese veterans supports this finding. Sodium and potassium may act jointly in the development of hypertension and cardiovascular disease"
• Dietary salt restriction increases plasma lipoprotein and inflammatory marker concentrations in hypertensive patients - Atherosclerosis. 2008 Feb 8 - "low sodium intake (LSI) ... LSI induced alterations in the plasma lipoproteins and in inflammatory markers that are common features of the metabolic syndrome"
• Long term effects of dietary sodium reduction on cardiovascular disease outcomes: observational follow-up of the trials of hypertension prevention (TOHP) - BMJ. 2007 Apr 20 - "Risk of a cardiovascular event was 25% lower among those in the intervention group (relative risk 0.75, 95% confidence interval 0.57 to 0.99, P=0.04), adjusted for trial, clinic, age, race, and sex, and 30% lower after further adjustment for baseline sodium excretion and weight (0.70, 0.53 to 0.94)"
• The DASH Diet and Sodium Reduction Improve Markers of Bone Turnover and Calcium Metabolism in Adults - J Nutr. 2003 Oct;133(10):3130-3136 - "the DASH diet significantly reduced bone turnover, which if sustained may improve bone mineral status"

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