Salt: Should I Cut Back?
Dietary salt is made up of sodium and chloride, two essential minerals necessary for good health. Sodium is very important for our body to maintain fluid balance, blood volume, and blood pressure. However, many people consume more dietary sodium (from salt) than needed. Decreasing dietary sodium has...
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| description | Dietary salt is made up of sodium and chloride, two essential minerals necessary for good health. Sodium is very important for our body to maintain fluid balance, blood volume, and blood pressure. However, many people consume more dietary sodium (from salt) than needed. Decreasing dietary sodium has received a lot of attention in recent years due to its association with high blood pressure (hypertension) and cardiovascular disease (Kloss, Meyer, Graeve, & Vetter, 2015). This publication explore ways to decrease sodium intake and the health effects of inadequate and excessive sodium intakes.
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| spelling | doaj-art-250899b970c2453f83321c35456c82da2025-02-08T05:53:23ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092018-08-0120184Salt: Should I Cut Back?Asmaa Fatani0Nancy J. Gal1Wendy Dahl2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-4731University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaDietary salt is made up of sodium and chloride, two essential minerals necessary for good health. Sodium is very important for our body to maintain fluid balance, blood volume, and blood pressure. However, many people consume more dietary sodium (from salt) than needed. Decreasing dietary sodium has received a lot of attention in recent years due to its association with high blood pressure (hypertension) and cardiovascular disease (Kloss, Meyer, Graeve, & Vetter, 2015). This publication explore ways to decrease sodium intake and the health effects of inadequate and excessive sodium intakes. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/106693sodiumhypertenionhyponatremiasaltprocessed foods |
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