05 May 2011

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No Protection to heart even if consume, eat less salt. Reduced Salt Consumption Kills says new research

No Protection to heart even if consume, eat less salt.
Reduced Salt Consumption Kills says new research

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (May 4), reports that among 3,681 study subjects followed for as long as 23 years, the cardiovascular death rate was more than 50 percent higher among those on who consumed less salt.


The study found no evidence that dietary salt causes those conditions to arise.


The researchers concluded that their findings, “refute the estimates of computer model of lives saved and health care costs reduced with lower salt intake” and they do not support “the current recommendations of a generalized and indiscriminate reduction in salt intake at the population level.”

People who ate lots of salt were not more likely to get high blood pressure, and were less likely to die of heart disease than those with a low salt intake, in a new European study.

The findings "certainly do not support the current recommendation to lower salt intake in the general population," study author Dr. Jan Staessen, of the University of Leuven in Belgium, told Reuters Health.

The researchers used data from two different studies, incorporating a total of about 3,700 Europeans who had their salt consumption measured through urine samples at the start of the studies.

Staessen and his colleagues broke the participants up into three groups: those with highest and lowest salt intakes, and those with average intake.

None of the participants had heart disease at the outset, and two thirds had normal blood pressure.
They were followed for an average of 8 years, during which researchers determined
How many of them were diagnosed with heart disease,
And in a smaller group, how many got high blood pressure.

The chance of getting heart and blood vessel diseases did not differ in the three groups. However, participants with the lowest salt intake had the highest rate of death from heart disease during the follow up (4 percent), and people who ate the most salt had the lowest (less than 1 percent).

"It's clear that one should be very careful in advocating generalized reduction in sodium intake in the population at large," Staessen said. "There might be some benefits, but there might also be some adverse effects."

According to CBS News, Belgium scientists discovered the following:
• The lowest sodium intake patients had a 56 percent greater chance of death from heart attack or stroke than the group who used salt the most frequently.

• Low sodium intake was not associated with improved health.

The findings are published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

But we know that FDA and other agencies even our doctors recommend us reduction in salt content in our diet.
They tell us eat less salt it will reduced the chance of heart attack.

But now this is the study finding which does not support the claim.

Both are exactly opposite to each other.

A new Belgium study about salt consumption may challenge the dietary guidelines

Best solution and idea is that Reducing salt may still be a good idea for people who already have high blood pressure or who have had heart problems in the past

Suggested Reading –

Part One – Know the 75 Useful Tips and uses of Salt -Salt Useful Uses and Tips –
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/part-one-know-75-useful-tips-and-uses.html

Part 2 – Know 44 useful tips and uses of salt
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/part-2-know-44-useful-tips-and-uses-of.html

Know about Salt - The white poison
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/know-about-salt-white-poison.html


Reality views by sm-
Thursday, May 05, 2011

Keyword Tag – Salt Blood Pressure Relation Salt intake more or less

Source –
http://jama.ama-assn.org
http://www.reuters.com

6 comments:

radha May 05, 2011  

As usual contradiction. Moderation is the best - salt, sugar, oils or whatever.

Amrit May 05, 2011  

Contradiction to previous studies...well obviously we do not know the impact.

SM May 05, 2011  

radha,,
thanks.

Rakesh Kumar May 06, 2011  

'Best solution and idea is that Reducing salt may still be a good idea for people who already have high blood pressure or who have had heart problems in the past'

How can you say this,when studies are going
aganist it?

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Confusing !

sm,  May 06, 2011  

Rakesh Kumar,
Thanks.
In India we always say avoid more in anything. Be controlled.

It’s a study report. 2 study reports say opposite to each other.

Old reports say that if we eat more salt we will suffer from BP and heart related problems.

Now this is 2nd report which say eating more salt do not cause any problem.

The report study is regarding does salt cause those problems.

If you already got the problem of heart and BP then you should reduce the consumption.

More eating salt can it causes you problem?
Ans = No.

If I am suffering from BP, Heart problem may I reduce the consumption?
Yes you should reduce the consumption.