Does Salt Increase Blood Pressure?
- At June 28, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Sodium is an essential mineral. The main source of sodium for most people is salt (sodium chloride). Sodium is found naturally in foods and added to prepared foods. While the recommended amount of daily added sodium is 2.300 mg, most people diets high in prepared foods consume significantly more. Salt is an inexpensive flavor enhancer.
While high sodium diets can increase the risk of high blood pressure in some people, people with healthy kidneys and eating high potassium diets can consume more sodium without developing high blood pressure.
Instead of guessing if your blood sodium levels are too low or high, the Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) blood test measures your levels of sodium, potassium, and chloride. In some U.S. states, you do not need a doctors order for a CMP test. CMP also includes blood protein and calcium levels.
In this video:
• What is salt? 00:43
• Salt versus sodium. 1:13
• Sodium and blood pressure. 3:02
• Added salt and blood pressure. 3:53
• Prepared foods and sodium. 5:56
• DASH diet, sodium and blood pressure. 6:39
Nitrate And High Nitrate Foods
- At May 08, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Nitrates used to preserve cured meats have been linked to an increased risk of some cancers. Some foods, like beet root, are high in naturally occurring nitrate that can help maintain a healthy blood pressure and increase blood oxygen levels.
Dietary supplement makers use the healthy benefits of natural nitrate to justify taking nitrate supplements. What they fail to explain is the fact that nutrients from dietary supplements rarely produce the healths benefits derived from foods.
In this video:
• What is natural food nitrate? 00:38
• Natural nitrate versus added sodium nitrate. 00:59
• Nitrate health benefits. 1:36
• Nitrate contraindications. 3:43
• Nitrate RDA. 5:02
• High nitrate foods. 5:41
Should You Eat A High Or Low Potassium Diet?
- At July 18, 2021
- By Daniel
- In Cooking Tips, Diet, Health & Wellness
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Potassium is an essential nutrient. Depending on your source of information, the recommended amount of daily potassium is between 2,500 to 4,700 milligrams. Since potassium deficiency is so rare in the U.S., there is no official recommend dietary allowance (RDA). Many food manufacturers use 4,000 mg a day to calculate the daily value (DV) listed on nutrition facts labels.
RDA’s and DV’s apply to healthy people. People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) must restrict potassium and other minerals because their kidneys cannot remove excess amounts. And in many cases, including potassium, high blood levels can be as dangerous as low levels.
One Interest rumor is that people with CKD must avoid high potassium foods. That is a myth. People with CKD must limit total daily potassium to essential amount. Whether the potassium comes high or low potassium foods is up to each individual.
In this video:
• How much dietary potassium do you need?
• Blood potassium levels.
• Low and high potassium symptoms.
• Who should limit potassium?
• High and low potassium foods and diets.
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