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What makes sodium contribute to heart disease?
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Hypertension: In a healthy patient no more than 2, 000 mg of sodium/day and in a pat with cardiovascular risk no more than 1500mg/day. Excess na can't be eliminated by the kidneys. That excess will influence BP in the arteries. Higher consumption specially in high risk patients, like older patients with cardiovascular risk factors and african americans with genetic predisposition, higher the risk.
Answered 9/28/2016
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