An Unsavory Truth: Sugar, More than Salt, Predisposes to Hypertension and Chronic Disease

Data from randomized trials and prospective cohort studies suggest that lowering sodium intake could actually increase mortality for those with diabetes and heart failure23-27 (both of which are growing in prevalence in the general population).28,29 Moreover, even in healthy subjects, low sodium int...

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Published inThe American journal of cardiology Vol. 114; no. 7; pp. 1126 - 1128
Main Authors DiNicolantonio, James J., PharmD, O'Keefe, James H., MD, Lucan, Sean C., MD, MPH, MS
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2014
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Beverages
Blood pressure
Blood Pressure - drug effects
Cardiovascular
Diabetes
Dietary Sucrose - pharmacology
Food
Heart rate
Humans
Insulin
Nervous system
Population
Retention
Sodium
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Summary:Data from randomized trials and prospective cohort studies suggest that lowering sodium intake could actually increase mortality for those with diabetes and heart failure23-27 (both of which are growing in prevalence in the general population).28,29 Moreover, even in healthy subjects, low sodium intake may predispose to insulin resistance,30 and a meta-analysis implicates low sodium intake in elevating cardiovascular risk through unhealthy lipid and neuroendocrine profiles.31 Beyond concerns related to sodium directly, the suggestions by He et al for "reducing the amounts of salt added to foods by the food industry" could have broader unintended consequences for the population in general.
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ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.07.002