Excess salt intake contributes to hypertension and increased cardiovascular disease risk.
Efforts to implement effective salt-reduction strategies require accurate data on the sources …

Hypertension is a complex condition in which various actors and mechanisms combine,
resulting in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications that today represent the most …

Background High levels of dietary sodium (consumed as common salt, sodium chloride) are
associated with raised blood pressure and adverse cardiovascular health. Despite this …

Background The findings of prospective cohort studies are inconsistent regarding the
association between dietary magnesium intake and serum magnesium concentration and …

In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, Corinna Hawkes and
colleagues provide a perspective from South Africa on the rise of multinational and domestic …

Sodium chloride (NaCl) is a multi-functional ingredient used to inhibit microbial growth and
to ensure good texture and taste in processed meat. This study showed how moderately (22 …

Background Hypertension was once considered rare in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but
currently it has become a widespread problem with immense socioeconomic importance …

The present study reports the Na intake of a representative sample of Spanish young and
middle-aged adults aged 18–60 years (n 418, 53· 1% women, selected from the capitals of …

Magnesium plays a role in a number of chronic, disease‐related conditions. This article
reviews current pertinent literature on magnesium, focusing on hypertension and …

Objective To determine the prevalence, associations and management of hypertension in
the 25–74-year-old urban black population of Cape Town and examine the change between …