New Light Shed On Enigma Of Salt Intake And Hypertension
Monday, May 4, 2009 - 09:35
in Health & Medicine
A high salt intake has been implicated in cardiovascular disease risk for 5000 years. But salt-sensitive hypertension still remains an enigma. Now, investigators have shed new light on the relationship between salt intake, bodily processes, and blood pressure regulation. Within the skin, they have detected a new storage area for salt in the body. If the process behind this storage is defect, animals become hypertensive.