Plant-based nutrition: Exploring health benefits for atherosclerosis, chronic diseases, and metabolic syndrome—A comprehensive review

H Peña-Jorquera, V Cid-Jofré, L Landaeta-Díaz… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis, chronic non-communicable diseases, and metabolic syndrome are highly
interconnected and collectively contribute to global health concerns that reduce life …

The influence of dietary salt beyond blood pressure

AT Robinson, DG Edwards, WB Farquhar - Current hypertension reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Excess sodium from dietary salt (NaCl) is linked to elevations in
blood pressure (BP). However, salt sensitivity of BP varies widely between individuals and …

Vascular effects of dietary salt

DG Edwards, WB Farquhar - Current opinion in nephrology and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Health policies and most clinical research are focused on the adverse effects of dietary salt
on blood pressure; however, there is an increasing body of evidence to support a …

The damaging duo: Obesity and excess dietary salt contribute to hypertension and cardiovascular disease

JC Watso, IS Fancher, DH Gomez… - Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hypertension is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is
the leading cause of death among adults worldwide. In this review, we focus on two of the …

Mechanisms of dietary sodium-induced impairments in endothelial function and potential countermeasures

JC Patik, SL Lennon, WB Farquhar, DG Edwards - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite decades of efforts to reduce sodium intake, excess dietary sodium remains
commonplace, and contributes to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality …

Salt sensitivity of blood pressure in Black people: the need to sort out ancestry versus epigenetic versus social determinants of its causation

F Elijovich, A Kirabo, CL Laffer - Hypertension, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Race is a social construct, but self-identified Black people are known to have higher
prevalence and worse outcomes of hypertension than White people. This may be partly due …

Reducing dietary sodium to 1000 mg per day reduces neurovascular transduction without stimulating sympathetic outflow

MC Babcock, AT Robinson, KU Migdal, JC Watso… - …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
The American Heart Association recommends no more than 1500 mg of sodium/day as
ideal. Some cohort studies suggest low-sodium intake is associated with increased …

Enhanced antioxidative defense by vitamins C and E consumption prevents 7-day high-salt diet-induced microvascular endothelial function impairment in young …

L Barić, I Drenjančević, M Mihalj, A Matić… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to examine whether the oral supplementation of vitamins C and E during a
seven-day high salt diet (HS;~ 14 g salt/day) prevents microvascular endothelial function …

High dietary sodium reduces brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in humans with salt-sensitive and salt-resistant blood pressure

EL Matthews, MS Brian, MG Ramick… - Journal of applied …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Recent studies demonstrate that high dietary sodium (HS) impairs endothelial function in
those with salt-resistant (SR) blood pressure (BP). The effect of HS on endothelial function in …

The impact of high dietary sodium consumption on blood pressure variability in healthy, young adults

KU Migdal, MC Babcock, AT Robinson… - American journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND High sodium (Na+) intake augments blood pressure variability (BPV) in
normotensive rodents, without changes in resting blood pressure (BP). Augmented BPV is …