but there are no such regulations for fast food, say public health researchers at the University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau in a new study. Dietary sodium comes chiefly from salt.
Did you know that sodium is the bad guy in salt, raising your risks for high blood pressure and other heart ills? Luckily for Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working to make it ...
Considering that salt is an ingredient in just about every type of processed food or restaurant meal, it's no wonder Americans are getting double or triple the amound of sodium they need each day.
People, especially those with high blood pressure or heart conditions, should limit salt intake to no more than 1,500 mg. a day, the heart association says. More than 70% of the sodium consumed ...
Hence, at least in the industrialized world, there seems to be a direct relationship between sodium intake and increasing BP with age. Salt sensitivity of BP is defined as an increase in a person ...