A recent article in Journal Watch brought to light a large scale research study that focused on determining if daily salt intake could prevent cardiac and stroke events. Upon review of 13 studies from 1968 through 2008, which incorporated over 177,000. participants, the researches were able to determine that those participants in the "high consumption" range had significantly increased cardiac (relative risk 1.14)and stroke (relative risk 1.23) events. The difference in salt intake between high risk and average was a mere 5g (1 tsp.) of daily salt intake.
Breaking the information gleaned from this study down, into relative terms that we can all identify with, by decreasing your daily intake of salt by 1 tsp. (86 mmol of sodium) you could reduce your risk of cardiac events by 17% and stroke by an astounding 23%!
Leave the vascular devils at bay by throwing your excess salt over your shoulder instead of sprinkling it on your meal!
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