How sinister is salt?
Still getting mixed messages about salt? The latest studies on salt and heart disease aren?t conclusive, but that didn?t stop the American Heart Association from recently reaffirming their position that everyone?even completely healthy people?should eat no more than 1,500 milligrams of salt, a little over half a teaspoon, each day.
After the AHA issued a 1,500 milligrams advisory in 2011, several studies appeared linking low salt consumption with heart disease, and several prominent doctors criticized the organization?s stance.
Now, the AHA is hitting back in its 2012 advisory. The studies criticizing the AHA?s position contain serious flaws, says the author of the 2012 AHA review, Paul K. Whelton, M.D., M.Sc., a professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Many of them draw a link between reduced salt intake and heart disease, but ?the very people who have cardiac events are people who are under doctors? orders to reduce their salt intake,? he says. It?s like looking at lung cancer patients who quit smoking and blaming the disease on the fact that they quit.
Where does that leave you? More than 90 percent of Americans develop high blood pressure at one point in their lives, says Dr. Whelton. Because the research still is mixed, don?t panic. Still, it?s a good idea to lower your salt intake by avoiding processed foods. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average guy takes in nearly 80 percent of his sodium from restaurant meals and processed food. (Check out the 10 Sinister Sources of Salt in your diet).
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Source: http://news.menshealth.com/salt-heart-disease/2012/11/12/
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