Hospital Saline Shortages Highlight Importance of Salt: Recent reports of hospitals facing a nation-wide shortage of intravenous saline solution highlight a fundamental fact of life – we can’t survive without salt. As anyone who has ever been admitted to a hospital for treatment knows, the intravenous saline drip is standard therapy and the fastest way to deliver fluids and medications throughout the body. Hospital saline doesn’t just keep patients hydrated; it delivers a 0.9% solution ...
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For Immediate Release: January 7, 2014 Contact: Morton Satin, 703-549-4648, morton@saltinstitute.org Hard Water Scaling Linked to Bacterial Growth in Homes: The Salt Institute highlights new research from Arizona State University Alexandria, VA— New research by the School of Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University has found that the hard water scaling normally found in the pipes of homes is an active environment for harmful bacterial growth. According to The U.S. Geological Survey nearly 90 percent ...
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An ever increasing body of academic research is showing that the current level of salt Americans consume is not only perfectly healthy but that adopting low-salt recommendations will actually harm people. The most recent example of this is a review of all available research on salt and health by the Institute for Medicine (IOM). The consensus of the medical experts on this panel was that blood pressure is only one of many factors that should ...
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The Huffington Post November 13, 2013 By Melinda Wenner Moyer Salt has long been one of the great villains of the American diet, and the rules of engagement have come down to one rather bland pronouncement: Eat less of it. This, of course, is easier said than done. On average, adults consume 3,463 milligrams of sodium per day -- 50 percent more than the recommended maximum of 2,300 milligrams for adults 50 and younger and ...
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The Huffington Post November 13, 2013 By Melinda Wenner Moyer Salt has long been one of the great villains of the American diet, and the rules of engagement have come down to one rather bland pronouncement: Eat less of it. This, of course, is easier said than done. On average, adults consume 3,463 milligrams of sodium per day -- 50 percent more than the recommended maximum of 2,300 milligrams for adults 50 and younger and ...
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The Colin McEnroe Show 3:54 pm Tue October 29, 2013 What role does salt play in your life? Are you the type that can eat a ton of salt and still have low blood pressure? Or do you make an effort to keep your salt intake low? Does it make much of a difference? GUESTS: Mark Kurlansky is the author of “Salt: A World History” Dr. Morton Satin is the VP of Science & Research ...
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The Truth Behind 5 Food Myths: The five food fallacies you can forget about for good Men's Health Magazine (Oct. 30, 2013) Salt Causes High Blood Pressure Myth #5: "Salt causes high blood pressure and should be avoided." The origin: In the 1940s, a Duke University researcher named Walter Kempner, M.D., became famous for using salt restriction to treat people with high blood pressure. Later, studies confirmed that reducing salt could help reduce hypertension. What ...
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The Truth Behind 5 Food Myths: The five food fallacies you can forget about for good Men's Health Magazine (Oct. 30, 2013) Salt Causes High Blood Pressure Myth #5: "Salt causes high blood pressure and should be avoided." The origin: In the 1940s, a Duke University researcher named Walter Kempner, M.D., became famous for using salt restriction to treat people with high blood pressure. Later, studies confirmed that reducing salt could help reduce hypertension. What ...
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