Australian diabetics fail to meet national dietary sodium, potassium guidelines
Lots of self-indulgent ozzies...? But maybe every country might be the same..?
http://www.incirculation.net/NewsIt...-to-meet-national-dietary.aspx?usechannel=DIA
Recommended daily sodium and potassium intake should be less than 100 mmol and more than 120 mmol, respectively, for individuals with a high risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease. However Elif Ekinci (Austin Health, Victoria, Australia) and team found that “only 3% of male patients and 14% of female patients with Type 2 diabetes met the Australian NHF guidelines for sodium consumption.”
This was despite all patients receiving dietary advice stressing actions such as avoiding high-energy processed foods and consuming lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Apparently women were worse than men too!
Results "reflect excessive consumption of sodium-rich processed food”
It goes on to say hypertensive and normotensive individuals could reduce their systolic blood pressure (SBP) by 5 and 2.5 mmHg, respectively, simply by reducing their salt intake by 3g per day.
If only if only... 8)
I fancy a banana, but hang on what will that do to my blood sugar doc? 8)
Lots of self-indulgent ozzies...? But maybe every country might be the same..?
http://www.incirculation.net/NewsIt...-to-meet-national-dietary.aspx?usechannel=DIA
Recommended daily sodium and potassium intake should be less than 100 mmol and more than 120 mmol, respectively, for individuals with a high risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease. However Elif Ekinci (Austin Health, Victoria, Australia) and team found that “only 3% of male patients and 14% of female patients with Type 2 diabetes met the Australian NHF guidelines for sodium consumption.”
This was despite all patients receiving dietary advice stressing actions such as avoiding high-energy processed foods and consuming lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Apparently women were worse than men too!
Results "reflect excessive consumption of sodium-rich processed food”
It goes on to say hypertensive and normotensive individuals could reduce their systolic blood pressure (SBP) by 5 and 2.5 mmHg, respectively, simply by reducing their salt intake by 3g per day.
If only if only... 8)
I fancy a banana, but hang on what will that do to my blood sugar doc? 8)