A group of researchers found that if adolescents could reduce their daily salt intake about 3,000 milligrams decrease substantially the risk of heart disease and cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in adulthood.
According to the results of an analysis with a computer model, the experts projected that a newspaper clipping of 3,000 mg of sodium in the teenager could be reduced by 30 to 43 percent of hypertension in adulthood.
Hypertension, or high blood pressure is a common condition that has no symptoms for years, but can eventually cause serious health problems, including heart attack and stroke.
Other benefits were a decrease of 7 percent to 12 percent in heart disease, 8 to 14 percent fewer heart attacks and 5 to 8 percent reduction in stroke, according to data presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago.
The entity recommends limiting sodium intake to 1,500 mg. Teenagers consume more than 3,800 mg, more than any other age group.
Processed foods contain too much sodium. A packet of Doritos has 310 mg of sodium. The pizza is one of the biggest problems for teenagers when it comes to salt, according to information from the National Center for Health Statistics of the United States.
"The additional benefit of lower salt intake early is that we can change expectations about how to find food, ideally to something less salty," said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, author of the study.
"Most of the salt we eat comes from our salt shaker, but the salt is already added to the food we eat, "said Bibbins-Domingo, associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of California at San Francisco
Source: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
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