Re: Salt and Heart Disease

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

http://tinyurl.com/mspdq PMID: 16490476 is not a prospective study and the

subjects

that had risks of health may have been recommended to or decided to restrict

saodium

to treat their illness. The pdf of the paper is pdf-available, yes, for what it

is

worth.

Cheers, Al.

--- Rodney <perspect1111@...> wrote:

> From Dr. Mirkin:

>

> " Dear Dr. Mirkin: Do people who restrict salt have lower rates of

> heart attacks?

>

> Surprisingly, a recent study found that Americans who consumed the

> currently-recommended 2,300 mg/day of sodium had a 37 percent higher

> chance of dying from heart attacks. Researchers from Albert Einstein

> Medical School analyzed the Second United States National Health and

> Nutrition Examination Survey and found that evidence linking sodium

> intake to mortality outcomes is scant and inconsistent (American

> Journal of Medicine, March 2006).

>

> The results are unexpected because a high-salt diet can cause some

> people to develop high blood pressure, which increases a person's

> chances of suffering heart attacks and strokes. Perhaps the

> explanation is that many people don't start restricting salt until

> after they find out that they are at high risk. Most medical

> authorities will continue to recommend diets low in salt, but salt

> itself probably is not the culprit. For years I have recommended a

> plant-based diet that is low in meats and processed foods. Meats are

> naturally high in salt, and most processed foods contain a lot of

> salt even if they don't taste salty. Fruits, vegetables, whole

> grains, beans, seeds and nuts are naturally low in salt; and even if

> some salt is added when they are cooked or at the table, these foods

> will contain far less salt than most processed foods. "

>

> The language is a bit ambiguous. This is fwiw.

>

> Rodney.

>

>

>

>

>

-- Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@...

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[Guest guest]

Hi All,

http://tinyurl.com/mspdq PMID: 16490476 is not a prospective study and the

subjects

that had risks of health may have been recommended to or decided to restrict

saodium

to treat their illness. The pdf of the paper is pdf-available, yes, for what it

is

worth.

Cheers, Al.

--- Rodney <perspect1111@...> wrote:

> From Dr. Mirkin:

>

> " Dear Dr. Mirkin: Do people who restrict salt have lower rates of

> heart attacks?

>

> Surprisingly, a recent study found that Americans who consumed the

> currently-recommended 2,300 mg/day of sodium had a 37 percent higher

> chance of dying from heart attacks. Researchers from Albert Einstein

> Medical School analyzed the Second United States National Health and

> Nutrition Examination Survey and found that evidence linking sodium

> intake to mortality outcomes is scant and inconsistent (American

> Journal of Medicine, March 2006).

>

> The results are unexpected because a high-salt diet can cause some

> people to develop high blood pressure, which increases a person's

> chances of suffering heart attacks and strokes. Perhaps the

> explanation is that many people don't start restricting salt until

> after they find out that they are at high risk. Most medical

> authorities will continue to recommend diets low in salt, but salt

> itself probably is not the culprit. For years I have recommended a

> plant-based diet that is low in meats and processed foods. Meats are

> naturally high in salt, and most processed foods contain a lot of

> salt even if they don't taste salty. Fruits, vegetables, whole

> grains, beans, seeds and nuts are naturally low in salt; and even if

> some salt is added when they are cooked or at the table, these foods

> will contain far less salt than most processed foods. "

>

> The language is a bit ambiguous. This is fwiw.

>

> Rodney.

>

>

>

>

>

-- Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@...

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