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“You are what you eat.” It’s an expression we’ve heard all of our lives. But is it really that simple? In a word, “yes.” Our choice of foods has a major impact on our health and the health of our families. Did you know that there are such things as healthy snacks? There are, and you should know where to find them.
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MONDAY, Jan. 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Consuming a “modest” amount of salt might not harm older adults, but any more than that can damage health, a new study finds.
The study of adults aged 71 to 80 found that daily consumption of 2,300 milligrams (mg) of salt — the equivalent of a teaspoon — didn’t increase deaths, heart disease, stroke or heart failure over 10 years.
However, salt intake above 2,300 mg — which is higher than heart experts currently recommend — might increase the risk for early death and other ailments, researchers said.
“The rate of salt intake in our study was modest,” said lead researcher Dr. Andreas Kalogeropoulos, an assistant professor of cardiology at Emory University in Atlanta.
The findings shouldn’t be considered a license to use the salt shaker indiscriminately. The researchers did not compare high salt intake with low intake.
“The question isn’t whether you should have a teaspoon or two, but whether you should have a teaspoon daily or even less than that,” he said.
The American Heart Association recommends less than 1,500 milligrams of salt a day, which is less than a teaspoon.
Kalogeropoulos added that the researchers saw a trend toward higher death in the few study participants who had a high salt intake.
The report was published online Jan. 19 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
For the study, the researchers looked at salt’s effects on about 2,600 adults, aged 71 to 80, who filled out a food frequency questionnaire.