Sodium

Follow the links below to find information on the effects of sodium and salt in the diet.

Reviewed January 2012

 

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Title:   10 tips to cut down on salt
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   10 tips to cut down on salt
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Healthy cooking tips
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Healthy cooking is easy. In many cases, your favourite recipes can be modified so they offer a healthier alternative. Non-stick cookware can be used to reduce the need for cooking oil. To keep valuable nutrients, microwave or steam your vegetables instead of boiling them. Cut out salt and cut down fats.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Salt
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The salt that we eat is called sodium chloride. It consists of 40% sodium and 60% chloride joined together chemically to make a compound we call salt. Both sodium and chloride are not safe by themselves, but when they join together they are not dangerous.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Media release. Hold the salt: simmer sauces and processed meats
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The sodium content of many simmer sauces and the sodium and saturated fat content of many processed meats will be reduced under a voluntary agreement with leading food manufacturers and retailers
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Salt
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Salt is made up of sodium and chloride. It is the main source of sodium in our diet. Sodium helps to regulate the amount of fluid in the body but too much sodium has been linked to high blood pressure. Many people eat more sodium than they need for good health, mainly in processed foods.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Dietary sodium manipulation and asthma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A review of the current literature suggests that reduction in the amount of dietary sodium consumed has no significant effect on the symptoms of asthma but may be associated with improvements in some lung function measurements in exercise-induced asthma.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Food to have sometimes
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Some foods should only be eaten occasionally. These 'extra foods' (sometimes called junk food or treats) are foods like potato chips, chocolate, cakes, lollies, soft drinks and some takeaway food like hamburgers and hotdogs. These foods are usually low in nutrients and high in salt, sugar or fat. They are 'extras' to be enjoyed occasionally.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Altered dietary salt intake for preventing and treating diabetic kidney disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is strong evidence that our current consumption of salt is a major factor in increasing blood pressure (BP), whether BP levels are normal or raised. Diabetes makes it more likely to develop high BP, which increases the risk of strokes, heart attac...
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Reduced dietary salt for the prevention of cardiovascular disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cardiovascular disease includes heart attacks, strokes, and the need for heart surgery and is a major cause of premature death and disability. This review set out to assess whether intensive support and encouragement to cut down on salt in foods reduced...
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Effect of longer-term modest salt reduction on blood pressure
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Current public health recommendations in most developed countries are to reduce salt intake by about half, i.e. from approximately 10 grams per day to 5 grams per day. Our pooled analysis of randomised trials of 4 weeks or more in duration showed that r...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Iodised salt for preventing iodine deficiency disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Iodine deficiency causes mental retardation in children as well as enlarged thyroid glands (goitre) and deficiencies in thyroid hormones in people of all ages. It still exists in large parts of the world. This review looked at studies of iodised salt in...
Date:   Aug 2004
Title:   Advice to reduce dietary salt for prevention of cardiovascular disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Intensive support and encouragement to reduce salt intake did lead to reduction in salt eaten. It also lowered blood pressure but only by a small amount (about 1 mmHg for systolic blood pressure, less for diastolic) after more than a year. This reductio...
Date:   Nov 2003
Title:   Reduced salt intake compared to normal dietary salt, or high intake, in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In the past women have been advised that lowering their salt intake might reduce their risk of pre-eclampsia. Although this practice has largely ceased, it remains important to assess the evidence about possible effects of advice to alter dietary salt intake during pregnancy.
Title:   How to keep your blood pressure healthy
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Why high blood pressure harms health.
Date:   Sep 1997
Title:   Preventing stroke: is it time to change your lifestyle?
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   How diet and exercise can help prevent stroke.
Date:   Sep 1996

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