Micronutrients & recovery
Sodium intake in South-Eastern Serbia is excessive and inadequate, posing a risk for elevated blood pressure and cardiovascular events.
Virtually everyone in this region consumes too much sodium, which raises blood pressure and cardiovascular risk. To improve health, reduce the use of table salt, limit processed meats like salami and sausages, and choose fresh, unprocessed foods more often.
Virtually all subjects in the group were with excessive level of sodium intake (above 2 g of daily sodium intake proposed safe with regards to blood pressure levels (WHO, 2012)). Inadequate sodium intake is adversely associated with elevated blood pressure and related cardiovascular events, and reduction and iodination of dietary salt is mandatory.
Why this rating
Cross-sectional data with small sample size, but consistent with regional dietary habits (high salt, processed meats).
Source
Nutritional status and social determinants in a random sample of subjects residing in South-Eastern Serbia: Towards personalized nutrition practice
Manja Zec et al. · Pirotski zbornik · 2019
DOI 10.5937/pirotzbor1944189z
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