Salt in the Diet

Diet, Hypertension and Salt Toxicity

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Effect of low salt diet on insulin resistance in salt-sensitive versus salt-resistant hypertension.

Accumulating evidence shows an increase in insulin resistance on salt restriction. We compared the effect of low salt diet on insulin resistance in salt-sensitive versus salt-resistant hypertensive subjects. We also evaluated the relationship between salt sensitivity of blood pressure and salt sensitivity of insulin resistance in a multivariate regression model. Studies were conducted after 1 w...

Low salt diet and frusemide in the treatment of hypertension.

The BPs of 86 of 100 severely hypertensive patients were controlled by measures designed to reduce total body sodium, namely a low salt diet plus the addition of incrementally increased frusemide treatment if diet alone was inadequate. Control of hypertension was maintained over prolonged periods of time in 70 of the patients. Among the 14 who failed to respond adequately, mean plasma renin lev...

Low Salt Diet and Insulin Resistance

It is well known that high sodium intake is closely associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease, but the effect of low sodium intake on insulin resistance is not clear. In this article, we summarize findings from previous studies focusing on the association between low sodium intake and insulin resistance. While many investigations on this topic have been conducted actively, their major ...

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