Break out the salt shakers! (health issues, cardio, 2013, excess)
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I haven't paid any attention to any of the "what's healthy for you" nonsense for years. There is no way on this planet one could actually eat what you are "supposed" to eat at all times because it changes so fast. Today's healthy carrot is tomorrow's make you crazier than a loon carrot. I just eat carrots and whatever else I want or don't want to eat.
Well to be fair - that article is written under the assumption that ALL people were initially supposed to consume only 1500mg per day. That is a false assumption. The daily guideline for most people is 2300mg per day. Only certain groups of people were supposed to shoot lower, to 1500.
Now, it seems, that subgroup -might- not benefit from the lowered sodium rate. It isn't conclusive, and the study itself makes that clear. The results are NOT conclusive.
They still maintain that 2300 is a good target for most people. That hasn't changed.
The Institute of Medicine sees no benefit to slashing salt to 1500 mg a day...
It sees no benefit of clashing salt to 1,500 from 2,300......the article still mentions the benefit of lowering salt intake from higher levels. The average American consumes 3,000+ mg of sodium a day so this news is pretty much irrelevant for them.....they need to eat less sodium.
This study, by no means, explores the relationship between sodium intake and heart disease, etc. Funny that such an unimportant study finds its way in the media.....
People like to make one item evil for all. If you are having problems from salt then you can adjust accordingly through balancing your diet with high potassium foods, or cutting out the salt or both. Its just important to listen to your body. I think even more than the sodium it is the food types that are high sodium combined with other factors like total dietary intake and the overall quality of the high sodium item along with genetics and lifestyle factors.
And yet....when you ignore media reports of isolated studies.....what is the general consensus on salt? Americans need to lower their salt intake and high salt intake is correlated with increased blood pressure.
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....one of those processed foods books I recently read said the excess salt....actually excess sodium, in our diets is not coming from 'the saltshaker' (ie putting salt in the food you cook yourself or cook from scratch), but from processed foods and fast/eat-out type foods.
Well this is absolute nonsense in that article to reduce salt content and i don't find a reason why such stupid things get so much hype this days. Amount of salt content does effect people who are having some health issues regarding salt but for normal healthy person it does not matter that much .
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