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High blood pressure is a blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher. Both numbers are important. Nearly one in three American adults has high blood pressure. Once high blood pressure develops, it usually lasts a lifetime. The good news is that it can be treated and controlled. High blood pressure is called "the silent killer" because it usually has no symptoms. Some people may not find out they have it until they have trouble with their heart, brain, or kidneys. When high blood pressu... 
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In everyday language salt generally refers to sodium chloride and other edible salts. In chemistry, salt is a term used for ionic compounds composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. These ions can be inorganic (Cl-) as well as organic (CH3-COO-) and monoatomic (F-) as well as polyatomic ions (SO42-).
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Hypertension as related to Dietary Sodium
- Healthy Eating
DASH" stands for "Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension," a clinical study that tested the effects of ... Results showed that reducing dietary sodium lowered blood pressure for both the DASH ...
- NIH News Release-NHLBI Study Shows Large Blood Pressure Benefit From ...
This finding should answer the question of whether or not reducing dietary sodium benefits those without hypertension,” said NHLBI Director Dr. Claude Lenfant. “Earlier studies had differed in ...
- NEJM -- Effects on Blood Pressure of Reduced Dietary Sodium and the ...
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Effects on Blood Pressure of Reduced Dietary Sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet
- UpToDate Patient information: Hypertension, diet and weight
Effects on blood pressure of reduced dietary sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. DASH-Sodium Collaborative Research Group.
- Potassium and Health
Many people know that high sodium intake may lead to hypertension. Approximately 10 percent of people with high blood pressure are sensitive to dietary salt (or sodium)
- Diet and Hypertension
... Low calcium intake may increase risk of hypertension. Excessive sodium intake is linked with high blood pressure or hypertension in some people. Dietary recommendations suggest avoiding too much sodium.
- High Blood Pressure Diets: Low Sodium and DASH Diets
Gabel, C. (2002). Help for hypertension: A dietary guide . Family Nutrition Education Programs, University of Missouri Extension. Healthwise. (nd). Sodium intake and high blood pressure
- Dietary Approaches to Prevent and Treat Hypertension: A Scientific ...
Effects on blood pressure of reduced dietary sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet: DASH-Sodium Collaborative Research Group. N Engl J Med. 2001; 344: 3–10. [Abstract/ ...
- Salt and Hypertension
Salt and Hypertension. One of salt's major functions is to regulate blood volume and pressure ... these facts and whether it's time to reconsider the "conventional wisdom" that reducing dietary sodium ...
- Hypertension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dietary sodium (salt) may worsen hypertension in some people and reducing salt intake decreases blood pressure in a third of people. Many people choose to use a salt substitute to reduce their salt ...
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