Too much sodium and your healthExcess sodium in the diet is linked to many health concerns. Doctors often recommend a low or no sodium diet to their patients with the health conditions listed below. Click on the headline to read the articles.Visit our salt free cooking tips page for ideas to make low salt or salt free cooking and eating easier and more enjoyable. Visit our sodium content of foods page for a list of many common foods and their sodium content per serving. |
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| High blood pressure is a blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher... | | | A low sodium diet and a diuretic medication that helps control water retention may reduce the frequency of attacks... | ||
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| Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways, which are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs... | | | Heart failure is a condition where the heart cannot pump enough blood throughout the body... | ||
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| Heart disease. It's the number one cause of death in the United States. You can lower your chances of getting heart disease... | | | Diabetes means that your blood glucose (often called blood sugar) is too high... | ||
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| Another dietary measure to lower blood pressure is to consume a diet rich in potassium... | | | Now that you're not eating salt, here are some things you can do with the leftover salt canister in your panty... | ||
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| When foods are processed, salt and other sodium ingredients are added... | | | | ||
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| Salt may cause health problems not necessarily related to high blood pressure... | | | | ||
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