Monday 28 November 2022 07:08 PM Why you SHOULDN'T sprinkle extra salt onto your dinner trends now

Monday 28 November 2022 07:08 PM Why you SHOULDN'T sprinkle extra salt onto your dinner trends now
Monday 28 November 2022 07:08 PM Why you SHOULDN'T sprinkle extra salt onto your dinner trends now

Monday 28 November 2022 07:08 PM Why you SHOULDN'T sprinkle extra salt onto your dinner trends now

Sprinkling less salt onto your food at the dinner table could cut your risk of an early death, according to scientists. 

A new study published today suggested that shaking the habit may reduce your risk of heart disease, heart failure and strokes by a fifth.

Experts today called it an easy 'sacrifice'.

Researchers tracked nearly 200,000 Britons aged from their 30s to 70s for almost a decade. 

A new study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology revealed that shaking the habit could reduce your risk of heart disease, heart failure and coronary heart disease

A new study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology revealed that shaking the habit could reduce your risk of heart disease, heart failure and coronary heart disease

Heart and circulatory diseases cause a quarter of all deaths in the UK, that’s more than 160,000 deaths each year or one every three minutes. 

They kill nearly 900,000 Americans every year.

Consuming too much salt is a risk factor because it leads to water retention in the blood, which puts pressure on your vessels.

This raises your blood pressure and, in turn, increases the risk of a heart attack or stroke.

In an attempt to quantify the risk, researchers at Tulane University looked at the health records of 176,570 Britons.

Data included questionnaire responses on how much salt the participants added to their dinner — with the options of never/rarely, sometimes, usually or always.

Information on rates of cardiovascular disease was collected through their medical history, hospital admissions, death register data and a questionnaire. 

At the start of the trial, none of the participants suffered from heart complications. 

They were monitored for almost 12 years, on average.

The results, published in the in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, showed that there were almost 10,000 'events', including strokes.

Analysis showed participants who added salt to their food less often were less likely to suffer from a heart complication. 

Those who 'never/rarely' added the seasoning were 23 per cent less likely to suffer a cardiovascular problem, compared to those who reported 'always' adding it.

Meanwhile, those who only 'sometimes' and 'usually' added salt were also at a lower risk — 21 per cent and 19 per cent, respectively. 

Further analysis of the results showed that those who never added salt and followed a diet to boost blood pressure health — known as Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) — had the lowest risk.

The diet is designed to prevent or treat high blood pressure and limits salt intake.

Food that is high in salt

As much as 85 per cent of the salt in our diets is already in our foods when we buy it.

The following foods are almost always high in salt:

anchovies bacon cheese gravy granules ham olives pickles prawns salami salted and dry-roasted nuts salt fish smoked meat

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