How to Reduce Sodium in Your Diet | American Heart Association
2024年1月5日 · Compare labels and choose the product with the lowest amount of sodium per serving you can find. Different brands of the same food can have lower or higher sodium levels. Pick fresh and frozen poultry that hasn’t been injected with a sodium solution.
How much sodium should I eat per day? - American Heart …
2024年1月5日 · Find out how much sodium the American Heart Association recommends and get tips for keeping track of how much sodium and salt you’re eating.
Get the Scoop on Sodium and Salt - American Heart Association
2022年12月22日 · What are the benefits of cutting down on sodium? Eating less sodium can reduce your risk for high blood pressure, fluid retention, heart disease, stroke, kidney issues, osteoporosis and cancer.
• Lower sodium option for popular foods such as soups, pizza and burgers Recipes with a companion cooking video are marked with this icon. To view the video, go to heart.org/Recipes and search for the recipe by name. 6
A Primer on Potassium - American Heart Association
2024年6月10日 · Potassium is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Foods with potassium can help control blood pressure by blunting the effects of sodium. The more potassium you eat, the more sodium you process out of the body. It also helps relax blood vessel walls, which helps lower blood pressure. How much potassium should I eat?
Lower your sodium, and blood pressure will follow
2021年2月15日 · Reducing sodium intake by any amount can lower blood pressure over the long term – and may benefit everyone, including people with normal blood pressure, new research shows.
Recipes | American Heart Association Recipes
Find recipes that are not only delicious and easy to make but also heart healthy. All of our recipes are lower in sodium, lower in fat, lower in sugar and adhere to the AHAs nutrition criteria.
Reducing sodium intake significantly lowered blood pressure in as ...
2023年11月11日 · The results found that one week of the low-sodium diet significantly lowered systolic blood pressure in nearly 75% of adults. Additional results: The median systolic blood pressure measurements were 125-, 126- and 119-mm Hg for the usual, high- and low-sodium diets, respectively.
Sea Salt vs. Table Salt - American Heart Association
2024年1月5日 · In a survey conducted by the American Heart Association, 61% of respondents incorrectly agreed that sea salt is a lower-sodium alternative to table salt. Table salt and most sea salts contain about 40% sodium.
• Support efforts by food manufacturers, restaurants, and other food service companies to reduce sodium in their products, and support the FDA’s voluntary sodium targets and once released, encourage companies to adopt them.