PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF TABLE SALT TASTE SENSITIVITY THRESHOLD INFLUENCE ON CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS

A pilot study on salt taste sensitivity threshold in Turkish young adults

Health labelling can influence taste perception and use of table salt for reduced-sodium products.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of front-of-pack labels on taste perception and use of table salt for currently available and sodium-reduced soups. DESIGN Within-subject design. SETTING Sensory laboratory. SUBJECTS Participants (n 50, mean age 34.8 (sd 13.6) years) were randomly served nine soups (250 ml each) across 3 d. Servings differed in: (i) health label (i.e. no health label, r...

The salt-taste threshold in untreated hypertensive patients

Background The salt-taste threshold can influence the salt appetite, and is thought to be another marker of sodium intake. Many studies have mentioned the relationship between the sodium intake and blood pressure (BP). The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the salt-taste threshold and urinary sodium excretion in normotensive and hypertensive groups. Methods We analyze...

Dietary salt intake, salt sensitivity, and cardiovascular health.

The controversial issue of the relationship between dietary NaCl (referred to as “salt” in this article) intake and health was framed nicely in the superb review by Prof Eberhard Ritz.1 When salt was not readily available, it was a relatively essential commodity, but in the modern world salt has become plentiful, and it is actually difficult to achieve a low salt intake without exerting a signi...

Salt taste sensitivity, physical activity and gastric cancer.

BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is a major health issue in China. Risk factors are mainly related to nutrition and environment, with a particular role for high salt intake. The salt taste sensitivity threshold (STST) can influence salt consumption, and is therefore assumed to have association with gastric cancer. It was therefore assessed, together with other lifestyle factors, in the present study i...