Salt-sensitivity (SS) refers to changes in blood pressure in response to changes in sodium intake. SS individuals are at greater risk for developing kidney disease, and also respond differently to antihypertensive therapies compared to salt-resistant (SR) individuals. In this study we used a systems pharmacology model of renal function (presented in a companion article) to evaluate the ability ...

The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of salt and intramuscular fat (IMF) content on the sensory characteristics of two different types of dry-cured hams (Iberian and Serrano) using the time-intensity (TI) method. All studied TI parameters of flavour attributes (overall flavour, saltiness, cured and rancid flavours) were significantly (p < 0.05) affected by variations in the salt an...

To evaluate the importance of volume in the development of hypertension in inbred Dahl salt-sensitive rats (SS/Jr), we measured the changes in blood pressure (BP) that occurred with oral intake of food (salt) and water in rats whose body weight was permitted to increase versus those in which body weight was maintained constant with a servo-control system. We hypothesized that if volume expansio...

Salt is a requirement material for human body but should be regulated as its excessive consumption might lead to heart disease and blood pressure. Processed foods due to high salt content might include about three quarter of the daily salt intake therefore many people consume more than their recommended allowances. Processed foods contain added salt for varieties of reasons namely to enhance th...

Introduction: Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) are among the most important epidemic disorders in the world and also in our country. The surveillance of IDD may be implemented to assess the prevalence of IDD, identify high risk areas for intervention and monitor and evaluate IDD control programmes, such as salt iodization. The objective of this study was to determine total goiter rate (TGR) an...

iodine deficiency disorders are among the most important health problems in iran. use of iodized salt is one of the oldest, most convenient and cheapest ways of idd control, although not very easy to implement. factors such as the chemical form of iodine, heat moisture, light and storage affect its stability. in this survey, salt iodine content at production site and the effect of heat, moistur...