• Cause of High Blood Pressure and Heart

    Date: 2010.02.02 | Category: Health | Tags:

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    Boston: If you want to live healthier, reduce the consumption of salt per day. This is the advice of scientists in the United States. They said the reduction in salt consumption of three grams a day can prevent stroke 66 thousand, 99 thousand heart attacks, and 92 thousand deaths in the United States. It is also believed to be the health cost savings of U.S. $ 24 billion annually, according to U.S. researchers reported on Reuters, Wednesday (20 / 1).

    These same benefits with reduced cigarette consumption by 50 percent per day, which can significantly reduce the number of people with obesity and heart attacks, so said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, a researcher from the University of California and San Francisco.

    Salt, which is the highest component cause of high blood pressure and heart, have been overused by the Americans. The men there are generally consumed 10.4 grams of salt per day, while the women consume 7.3 grams of salt per day. The amount of salt consumption is 75 to 80 percent comes from processed foods tend to increase every day.

    Report New England Journal of Medicine says, reducing salt intake a gram of salt per day would prevent up to 23 thousand 11 stroke, 18 to 35 thousand heart attacks, and 15 to 32 thousand deaths from other diseases.