Posted on 03/22/2013 8:36:23 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
On the heels of a study linking sugary drinks to 25,000 U.S. deaths a year, new research suggests salty food is even more dangerous.
The new study, by the same Harvard research team, linked excessive salt consumption to nearly 2.3 million cardiovascular deaths worldwide in 2010. One in 10 Americans dies from eating too much salt, the researchers found.
“The burden of sodium is much higher than the burden of sugar-sweetened beverages,” said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, an epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health and author of both the salt and sugary drink studies. “That’s because sugar-sweetened beverages are just one type of food that people can avoid, whereas sodium is in everything.”
Mozaffarian and colleagues used data from 247 surveys on sodium intake and 107 clinical trials that measured how salt affects blood pressure, and how blood pressure contributes to cardiovascular disease like heart attacks and stroke.
“From that we could determine the health effects of sodium,” he said, adding that one out of three deaths due to excessive sodium occurred before age 70. “It’s really affecting younger adults, not just the elderly.”
The study, presented today at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting in New Orleans, adds to mounting evidence that packaged and processed foods containing high levels of salt for flavor and shelf life can take a heavy toll on cardiovascular health.
“It’s really amazing how pervasive it is,” Mozaffarian said of salt. “For the average person, it’s very hard to avoid salt – you have to be incredibly motivated, incredibly educated, have access to a range of foods and do all the cooking yourself.”
But not everything is easy to whip up at home, Mozaffarian added. Bread and cheese are the top two sources of sodium in the U.S.
“It’s everywhere,” he said.
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Exactly right....potassium & sodium work yin and yang with each other so a good way to offset higher sodium intake is to up your potassium intake. And, again, drop the table salt and go with UNREFINED. And up the magnesium (glycinate, malate) to 800 or so mgs
Yeah, a lot of the old gaffers I’ve know could be plenty salty right up to their death...
C’mon people, somethin’s gotta kill ya.
When I was a little fella, most of the old folks in my family died of “old age”. It wasn’t til I was well into my teens that I learned it was cirrhosis of the liver and emphysema that took them out.
I agreed with vendome that Bragg’s tastes good if you want to switch from regular soy but I totally agree with you that there is something completely different that Japanese get in abundance and we do not; iodine.
Our RDA in the US is 150mcg, paltry at best, and only suitable to keep from getting goiter. The Japanese get on average 40-50mg per day. A HUGE influx. The incidence of cancer related death is so low in Japan and I contend it is due to iodine as iodine facilitates what’s called apoptosis, which is the natural death of abnormal cells. Our thyroid holds the most iodine but the reproductive organs come in 2nd. All of our cells need iodine and I contend you will NOT get cancer if consuming enough iodine.
I do not believe these people — they have an agenda which is not truth.
correct, they refine out all the good minerals in REAL salt and then add in anti-caking and bleaching chemicals as well as a tiny amount of iodine.
You need iodine but in large amounts and a separate supplement.
There you go! We need to eat a reasonable amount of food, drink plenty of water, and get off the couch until we die.
Tried it.
Not really an Apple cider person but, I stuffed it in the freezer for an hour and it was sohhhh good!
[...drink plenty of water...]
This is the key element, most people don’t drink enough plain old water to create a healthy balance with salt.
I fill a container that holds a half gallon of water to make sure I drink it all for the day.
Your urine will tell you if you are well hydrated...very little color indicates you are drinking enough water, dark yellow...drink more water.
I've always thought Demolition Man was great social commentary !
I agree sea salts and rawer flakes often but not always taste better and i use them a lot
But according to Mayo neither is healthier
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sea-salt/AN01142
Next, NYC bans salt, salt shakers, and good tasting food.
“Exactly right....potassium & sodium work yin and yang with each other...And up the magnesium (glycinate, malate) to 800 or so mgs”
We mix RealSalt with Potassium Chloride (natural, not refined) 50:50 for our salt usage. We are not concerned about our salt intake.
Best way to get magnesium is transdermally, using Magnesium Chloride as a soaking salt in the bathtub. Also as a saturated solution of Mag Chloride applied topically.
Our magnesium chloride comes from the vast natural seabed known as the ancient Zechstein Sea and comes to us from Holland.
http://www.naturalnews.com/024847_magnesium_medicine_insulin.html
http://www.zechsteinmagnesium.com/
Huh?
If these zealots succeed in banning or restricting salt and ban salt shakers as "assault weapons", there will be a resurgence of this malady.
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