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
Public Warned Of Toxins In Seafood From Offshore Channel Islands, California
Consumers are warned to steer clear of shellfish, some crustacean parts, or small fish that have been sport-harvested offshore of the Channel Islands, Southern California, because they might contain elevated levels of domoic acid – a toxin…
October 29, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: been-sport-harvested, channel, channel-islands, domoic-acid, elevated-levels, might-contain, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, small-fish, some-crustacean, southern, southern-california, steer-clear
