High "salt" quality is harmful to people! Research: Habitual consumption of heavy salty foods increases the risk of early death by 28%
Eating too salty and heavy foods in daily life not only risks kidney disease and high blood pressure, but may even increase the “mortality rate”? A study just published in the European Heart Journal (EHJ) confirmed that subjects who are accustomed to adding extra refined salt to their daily diet may be at risk of “premature death.”
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The Tulane University team in the United States analyzed data from 501,379 people in the British Biodatabase. When they joined the study between 2006 and 2010, the subjects answered through an online questionnaire whether they added refined salt to their food. The researchers adjusted their analysis to account for factors that could influence the results, such as age, gender, race, BMI, smoking, alcohol consumption and more. Participants were followed for an average of nine years, with premature death defined as death before age 75.
Research results show that compared with healthy people who never add refined salt or rarely add refined salt, people who prefer to add salt to their food have a 28% increased risk of premature death. In addition, about 3 out of every 100 subjects aged 40-69 died prematurely. Preliminary research has found that always adding salt to food is associated with an increased risk of death, suggesting that one in 100 people in this age group may die prematurely.
In addition, the study also found that subjects who always liked adding salt to their food had a lower life expectancy. At age 50, life expectancy decreases by 1.5 years for women and 2.28 years for men.
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In another study, scientists tracked the diet of a total of 4,680 people aged 40-59 from the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and China to explore whether a healthy diet can reverse hypertension caused by a high-salt diet. The research team conducted random visits to volunteers for 4 days, during which 2 types of urine samples were collected. The research team also measured the subjects’ height, weight and blood pressure.
Preliminary results show that a 7-gram (1.2-teaspoon) increase in average salt intake was associated with a 3.7 mmHg increase in systolic blood pressure. Experts previously believed that eating more fruits and vegetables may help offset the effects of high salt on blood pressure. And while these foods do lower blood pressure, the study shows that healthy food sources cannot offset the adverse effects of salt intake, and those with higher salt intake may still have an upward trend in blood pressure.
Queenie Chan, study author and Ph.D. from the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, said that many people are still accustomed to consuming high-salt diets, which leads to high blood pressure. Therefore, in terms of lowering blood pressure, it is still necessary to maintain good health through a low-salt diet and avoid the occurrence of high blood pressure.
“Since a large amount of salt in our diet comes from processed foods, we believe that relevant authorities must urge food manufacturers to take improvement measures to reduce the salt in their products. In addition, people who are accustomed to high salt intake are recommended to reduce the amount of added salt in their food daily. The diet should be based on prototype foods,” Chan said.
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Healthy diet may not offset high salt intake
Adding salt to foods and hazard of premature mortality
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