Lowering salt intake improves heart, kidney health of chronic kidney disease patients

Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

In patients with chronic kidney disease who lowered their salt intake for two weeks, excess extracellular fluid volume, blood pressure, and protein excretion in the urine all dropped considerably. If maintained long-term, the effects could reduce a patient’s risk of progressing to kidney failure by 30%.

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