Dietary salt loading impairs arterial vascular reactivity
Author(s) -
Alwyn Todd,
Robert MacGinley,
John BW Schollum,
Richard J. Johnson,
Sheila Williams,
W. H. F. Sutherland,
Jim Mann,
Robert Walker
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28645
Subject(s) - reactivity (psychology) , medicine , cardiology , chemistry , endocrinology , pathology , alternative medicine
Studies of sodium have shown improvements in vascular function and blood pressure (BP). The effect of chronic sodium loading from a low-sodium diet to a Western diet on vascular function and BP has been less well studied.
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