date:May 24, 2022
events, such as heart attack or stroke.
Eye on sodium intake
A healthy lifestyle, including salt restriction, is recommended to delay the need for blood pressure-lowering drugs or complement their effects.
However, the benefits of reduced sodium intake on blood pressure tend to diminish with time, partly due to poor adherence, the scientists warn.
The researchers developed the Sodium Watchers Programme Hypertension (SWaP-HTN) for gradual taste adaptation to low salt food.
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