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"Cutting out salt from meals can slash your risk of heart problems and strokes
by almost a fifth, the largest study of its kind suggests.
Research has documented how adding salt to food increases the likelihood of
cardiovascular disease and premature death. Now experts have established just
how big a difference you could make to your heart health – simply by reducing
the number of meals to which you add salt or by ditching it altogether.
Researchers found those who never add salt to meals were 18% less likely to
develop atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition, compared with those who
always do. The number diagnosed with the condition in the UK has increased by
50% in the last decade to 1.5 million.
AF causes an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate, which can lead
dizziness, shortness of breath and tiredness. People with AF are five times
more likely to have a stroke.
Lead author Dr Yoon Jung Park, of Kyungpook national university hospital, South
Korea, said: “Our study indicates that lower frequency of adding salt to foods
was associated with lower risk of AF.”
The findings are being presented this weekend in Amsterdam at the annual
meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, the world’s largest heart
conference."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
