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Article: Salt now and you may pay later, doctors say; Recent findings suggest that in addition to raising blood pressure, salt may play a separate role in increasing the risk of heart attack, stroke and kidney failure.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- December 17, 1997
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You feel wonderful. Your doctor tells you that your blood pressure is 120/70, normal even under the guidelines recently issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Because your blood pressure is normal, you're confident that you can continue to salt your meat, potatoes, vegetables, soups and salads, enjoy salted pretzels, potato chips and fast-food French fries.
You don't have to worry that salt could increase your risk of a heart attack, angina, stroke or kidney failure.
Don't bet on it.
It's possible that high salt consumption is an independent risk factor - regardless of blood pressure levels - for those medical problems.
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