News tagged with salt intake
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Salt Shakeup: No Need to Regulate What Our Bodies Already Control
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yesterday the Institute of Medicine issued an official report claiming that Americans consume too much salt and urging that new government standards be established for "acceptable sodium content" in foods ...
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Don't worry so much about limiting sodium, researchers say
University of California-Davis nutrition researchers are challenging the decades-old conventional wisdom that we should watch our salt.
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Lemonade can help prevent kidney stones
(PhysOrg.com) -- We've all heard the expression, "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Passing a kidney stone would qualify for one of life's "lemons," but did you know that drinking lemonade has been shown to prevent ...
Apr 22, 2010 |
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New Evidence Shakes up Perceptions of Salt
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are currently under development and regulations surrounding sodium consumption are being considered, an analysis of evidence to be released online ...
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Low sodium intake could be riskier than thought
Doctors have long encouraged patients to slash their salt intake for good heart health.
May 06, 2011 |
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High salt intake directly linked to stroke and cardiovascular disease
High salt intake is associated with significantly greater risk of both stroke and cardiovascular disease, concludes a study published in the BMJ today.
Nov 24, 2009 |
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CDC: Most adults should restrict salt but don't
(AP) -- Seven out of 10 Americans should restrict their salt consumption, but very few of them do, according to a new government study. About 145 million U.S. adults are thought to be more sensitive to salt - a group that ...
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Cut down on salt, government says -- and calories
(AP) -- You should eat less salt, the government says. A lot less. It won't be easy. Consumers will need help from food companies if they are going to meet the government's ambitious new goals, announced ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Some salt consumption deemed good for blood pressure
An increased intake of 'good' potassium salts could contribute significantly to improving blood pressure at the population level. The favorable effect brought about by potassium is even estimated to be comparable with the ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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New study shows science should trump politics in salt debate, editorial says
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study showing that sodium consumption in the United States has remained unchanged for more than 40 years provides further evidence that federal efforts to reduce salt intake are both futile and unnecessary, ...
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Cut the salt and ditch the drugs: Controlling blood pressure in dialysis patients
For kidney patients trying to control their blood pressure, reducing fluid build-up in the blood is more effective than using antihypertensive medications, according to an analysis appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...
May 27, 2010 |
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Watching salt intake lowers blood pressure, health risks in diabetes
For patients living with diabetes, reducing the amount of salt in their daily diet is key to warding off serious threats to their health, a new review of studies finds.
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Proposed industry effort to reduce salt in food could save lives, money, study shows
A voluntary effort by the U.S. food service industry to reduce salt in processed foods could have far-reaching implications for the health of the U.S. population, preventing strokes and heart attacks in nearly a million Americans ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Mandatory curbs on food salt content 20 times more effective than voluntary curbs
Imposing statutory limits on the salt content of processed foods could be 20 times more effective than voluntary curbs by industry, finds research published online in the journal Heart.
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Study prompts calls for Europe-wide salt legislation
The European Society of Cardiology welcomes new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine which quantifies for the first time the annual number of new cases of coronary heart disease, stroke and myocardial ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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