Diabetics pay little attention to salt warnings: study

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Diabetics pay little attention to salt warnings: study

By Shereen Lehman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a recent survey, most adults with diabetes knew that a high-salt diet is linked to high blood pressure and stroke - but most still consumed too much sodium anyway. “Despite knowledge that a high salt diet is related to high blood pressure it was not a high level of concern for this population group,” Kristy Gray, a researcher with the University of South Australia School of Pharmacy and Medical Science in Adelaide, and her coauthors wrote in the journal Appetite. Although there is some controversy about optimum sodium intake, the authors say there is also good evidence showing a reduction in salt intake may help prevent strokes, heart attacks and other cardiovascular events. Gray and her colleagues reviewed questionnaires answered by Australian adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

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