Salt, Glucose, and Hypertension: Interactions, Benefits and Risk-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY & CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY Abstract Both dietary salt and sugar are related to blood pressure (BP) and hypertension. The evidence for salt was initially considered stronger, and various types of studies have consistently shown that salt is a major cause of raised BP, and a reduction from the current intake of between 9-12g/day in most countries of the world to a recommended level of no more than 6 gram (i.e. 2.5 grams of sodium) on a daily basis (an approximate of 1 teaspoon of salt per day) will lower BP in both hypertensive and normotensive individuals, in men and women of all age groups and in all the black and the Caucasians. The physiology by which salt raises causes hypertension has to do with the kidney using a delicate balance of sodium and potassium to pull water across a wall of cells from the bloodstream into a collecting channel that leads to the bladder. A high salt intake raises the amount of sodiu...