Low Sodium Articles

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Low Sodium Predicts Poor Health

Researchers working with patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) - chronically high blood pressure in the blood vessels of their lungs – were quite surprised to find that those whose blood level of sodium lower than the normal range had an 85% chance of dying in the next eight months.

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To Salt or Not to Salt – That is the Question

A new Belgium salt study has thrown the American Heart Association and even our Centers for Disease Control into a tizzy. The AHA continually promotes salt as evil and that no more than 1500 mgs should be consumed daily. The new study indicates that healthy people age 40 and over have higher rates of heart disease if they consume a low-salt diet. The fact that the Journal of the American Medical Association published the study has elevated the salt debate to a whole new level of noisy discourse – not to mention confusion for consumers.

Read More: AHA, CDC, high blood pressure, low sodium, magnesium, salt