Can Too Much Salt Damage Blood Vessels? Yes
Excessive salt intake can damage blood vessels, as well as raising the risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure), a Dutch population study revealed in the journal Circulation, which belongs to the American Heart Association. As background information, the authors explained that in people with normal blood pressure, a diet high in salt has virtually no acute effect on blood pressure…
June 19, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acute-effect, authors, blood-vessels, circulation, effect-on-blood, journal, normal-blood, nutrition, nutrition / diet, risk, salt-intake, the-authors, the-journal, well-as-raising
Diabetics Had Decreased Blood Sugar And Improved Blood Lipids On High-Fat Diet
People with Type 2 diabetes are usually advised to keep a low-fat diet. Now, a study at Linkoping University shows that food with a lot of fat and few carbohydrates could have a better effect on blood sugar levels and blood lipids…
May 14, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: better-effect, blood-sugar, diabetes, effect-on-blood, few-carbohydrates, linkoping, linkoping-university, nutrition, nutritional counseling, study-at-linkoping, usually-advised
Salt Reduction Helps Blood Pressure A Tiny Bit, But May Raise Cholesterol Levels
Reducing salt intake is said to have a beneficial effect on blood pressure, especially among those who already suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure), however, one of the undesirable effects of consuming much less salt is a higher risk of elevated levels of blood cholesterol and triglycerides, researchers from Denmark reported in The American Journal of Hypertension…
November 10, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: already-suffer, blood-cholesterol, blood-pressure, consuming-much, effect-on-blood, elevated-levels, higher-risk, less-salt, nutrition / diet, on call diets, risk