HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Sodium intake from processed and restaurant foods contributes to high rates of high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke. Because nearly 500, 000 deaths each year are related to high blood pressure, reducing sodium intake could prevent thousands of deaths annually.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most of the sodium we eat (about 70%) is added to packaged and restaurant food before we purchase them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Salt and/or sodium intake is believed to be a major causative factor in the development of hypertension. However, it is now known that not everyone is salt-sensitive. Salt-sensitive means that a person’s blood pressure increases with increased salt intake and decreases with decreased salt intake.