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Kids, Campbell's
Soup and Heart Disease And some Franco-American (also by Campbell's) cans portray children on their labels, presumably pointing to their intended consumers, with their one-cup serving dealing out 1,020 mgs., a 43% whack! Remember, that these are merely one serving of one dish per day. Is this so bad?--one could ask. Let's see what medical science has found out about the relationship between salt intake and high blood pressure and more. "The relation between salt intake and high blood pressure has been widely recognized...," That from the journal Nephron 'Kidney] published by Karger of Switzerland, Dec., 2001. "A recent study from the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension research group 'DASH] now finds that coupling the original DASH diet with sodium restriction is more effective than previously stated diets'--Nutrition Reviews, Sept. 2001. And, "'Blood vessel lining] dysfunction....may explain the blood pressure increase in response to salt intake," Journal of Clinical Hypertension. Jan.-Feb., 2002. And, "Salt and cardiovascular disease: not just hypertension,' J. of Human Hypertension, Nov., 2001, plus, "Cutting Salt Better Than Exercise at Controlling Blood Pressure," Harvard Heart Letter, Feb., 2002. And this biggie, "....meals given by mass catering institutions 'including schools] can increase the risk of hypertension, strokes and gastric cancer because of high sodium chloride content,' Rocz Panstw. Zaki Hig, volume 52, 2001, Poland. 'Emphasis added.] Not to avoid the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine which headlined, in March, 2002, "Subtle acquired renal 'kidney] injury as a mechanism of salt-sensitive hypertension." Of course, hypertension and kidney disease may not show up in children until a later age as it's damage builds over time. As Archives of Cardiology, Jan.-March 2001 observed, "Almost 50% of essential hypertension is salt-sensitive, this characteristic increases and becomes more prevalent with age and is associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular and 'kidney] complications." The list of medical journals cautioning about high salt intake is long. Others include; Journal of The American College of Nutrition, Hypertension 'journal,] Chinese Medical Journal, Archives of Internal Medicine, etc., etc. So, does Campbell's soup increase the risk of high blood pressure and kidney disease among its child customers? Could be. And, to be cautious, one could say--so hold the salt already! SEARCH BY SUBJECT - TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS MONTH'S HEALTH BULLETIN NEWS
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