Women Eating Significantly Less Salt Than Men
New figures from the Department of Health show the nation’s average salt intake is continuing to decrease slowly – with women consuming significantly less salt than men. Survey results reveal the mean estimated salt intake for adults aged 19 to 64 years was 8.1g per day. The findings showed the intake for men was 9.3g per day, while for women it was 6.8g…
June 26, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adults-aged, diet, estimated-salt, findings-showed, intake, less-salt, nation, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, results-reveal, reveal-the-mean, show-the-nation, the-intake
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
