SALT STRIKES AGAIN.In a study of nearly 600 people, those who were salt-sensitive had a higher risk of dying over the next 30 years, even if their blood pressure was normal at the beginning of the study. (High blood pressure also raised the risk of dying in both people with and without salt sensitivity.) The researchers estimate that a quarter of people with normal blood pressure may be salt-sensitive. It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have possible that the salt-sensitive people were more likely to die prematurely pre·ma·ture adj. 1. Occurring, growing, or existing before the customary, correct, or assigned time; uncommonly or unexpectedly early: a premature end. 2. because they went on to develop high blood pressure. What to do: There is no practical way to tell if you are salt-sensitive, so follow the advice of most health authorities. Cut back to no more than 2,400 mg of sodium sodium, a metallic chemical element; symbol Na [Lat. natrium]; at. no. 11; at. wt. 22.98977; m.p. 97.81°C;; b.p. 892.9°C;; sp. gr. 0.971 at 20°C;; valence +1. Sodium is a soft, silver-white metal. a day; the less, the better. Hypertension hypertension or high blood pressure, elevated blood pressure resulting from an increase in the amount of blood pumped by the heart or from increased resistance to the flow of blood through the small arterial blood vessels (arterioles). 37: 429, 2001. |
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