Guest guest Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 While there is some debate over the merit of aerobic exercise wrt CR and longevity. Perhaps it is of value to some as a way to remove excess sodium from their system. I recall back in the army being fed salt pills before forced marches and such. Sweat apparently may be good for something. I doubt anyone sells salt free ocean fish. My research into the unspecified solution added to Wal-mart meat products appears to be sodium diacetate (anti-microbal/anti-fungal, etc). I guess that's little consolidation if you're already getting too much sodium. I only say appear to be, as their labels are not specific. Perhaps this is another one for truth in labeling laws. I did send a note off-list to the food columnist you have clipped before on that topic (no response). You can get no-salt added chopped tomatoes and sundry other canned foods at Wal-Mart but I don't have a warm and fuzzy that they are serious about health. They apparently are serious about selling stuff and people are buying no salt added products when given the choice (even I do). I repeat, I do not advocate blindly adding salt to anyone's diet, I just resist the characterization that it is some evil malefactor. It is probably like sugar and most other poisons, the danger is in the dose. FWIW a cute interviewing technique when dining with a job candidate is see if they salt their food before or after tasting. Probably even more telling today. May apologies to any I offend, but there are no simple universal solutions other than perhaps reducing calories and some have demonstrated that even that can be overdone. Be well.. JR -----Original Message----- From: Francesca Skelton [mailto:fskelton@...] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [ ] Fwd: Re: [bloodpressureline New data onsalt and BP : I didn't see anything in JW's post of a salt study that was aimed at or addressed to you personally. I understand JW's frustration because I personally am finding it harder and harder to shop without finding salt in virtually everything. I like to use plain canned crushed tomatoes to make my tomato based sauces and am lately finding that there's all of a sudden, salt added (I guess I'll have to switch to tomato paste until they start adding salt to that too). As noted recently I've had to stop buying supermarket poultry because they're now injecting it with a saline solution. So even though I buy very few processed foods, the things I used to be able to buy without concern seem to now be " salted " . Also I eat canned sardines and salmon for their many benefits and convenience and they of course have always been and probably will forever be salted (I remember you said that WalMart sells unsalted canned fish but I don't live near a Wal Mart). I can't find ANY hummous without salt added and so if I want unsalted hummous I guess I'll have to make my own. For those of us who perhaps don't have the time/inclination to make everything from scratch, it can be frustrating. IMHO a bad practise (one of many) of the food industry. Salt can always be added for those who want more of it; but can only with difficulty, be removed from food. on 3/22/2005 10:55 AM, at crjohnr@... wrote: > Hi JW, I knew I could count on your contradictory response. Is this news? > > For the record I do not advocate blindly eating salt. I only want people to be > aware that general population studies are only true in " general " ... > Individuals > need to know their personal metrics and act accordingly. Since my BP this > morning > measured 90/60 perhaps I need to add some more salt? > > There is such as thing as too little sodium, as I and others have experienced. > Now > apparently there's a large enough market that Gatorade is offering a product > targeting endurance athletes. Don't tell the football players who drink pickle > juice > or eat mustard before long practices to avoid sodium, you could hurt them if > their > electrolyte levels get too out of whack. > > I agree that processed foods contain too much salt but I don't eat that poop. > I further > speculate that they increase salt content even more as the ad lib taste buds > get > desensitized to all that salt. If there's any folks here who still believe > it's OK > to blindly eat mainstream processed food, wake up and read the label. > > However I hope most lurking here already get it. > > JR > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jw wright [mailto:jwwright@...] > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:10 AM > jwwright@...; > Subject: [ ] Fwd: Re: [bloodpressureline New data on salt > and BP > > > > > Just FYI. > > > Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Nov;80(5):1397-403. Related Articles, Links > > > Blood pressure and urinary sodium in men and women: the Norfolk > Cohort of the > European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk). > > Khaw KT, Bingham S, Welch A, Luben R, O'Brien E, Wareham N, Day N. > > Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public > Health, > University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, > United Kingdom. > kk101@m... > > BACKGROUND: Abundant evidence indicates that a high sodium intake is > causally > related to high blood pressure, but debate over recommendations to > reduce > dietary sodium in the general population continues. A key issue is > whether > differences in usual sodium intake within the range feasible in free- > living > populations have clinical or public health relevance. OBJECTIVE: We > examined the > relation between blood pressure and urinary sodium as a marker of > dietary intake. > DESIGN: This was a study of 23104 community-living adults aged 45-79 > y. > RESULTS: Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure increased as the > ratio of urinary > sodium to creatinine increased (as estimated from a casual urine > sample), > with differences of 7.2 mm Hg for systolic blood pressure and 3.0 mm > Hg for > diastolic blood pressure (P < 0.0001) between the top and bottom > quintiles. This > trend was independent of age, body mass index, urinary > potassium:creatinine, and > smoking and was consistent by sex and history of hypertension. The > prevalence > of those with systolic blood pressure >/= 160 mm Hg halved from 12% > in the > top quintile to 6% in the bottom quintile; the odds ratio for having > systolic > blood pressure >/= 160 mm Hg was 2.48 (95% CI: 1.90, 3.22) for men > and 2.67 (95% > CI: 2.08, 3.43) for women in the top compared with the bottom > quintile of > urinary sodium. Estimated mean sodium intakes in the lowest and > highest quintiles > were approximately 80 and 220 mmol/d, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: > Within the > usual range found in a free-living population, differences in urinary > sodium, > an indicator of dietary sodium intake, are associated with blood > pressure > differences of clinical and public health relevance. Our findings > reinforce > recommendations to lower average sodium intakes in the general > population. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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