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Obesity, High-salt Diet Ups Cardiac Issues by Angela Mohan on April 30, 2021 at 5:24 PM
Obesity and a high-salt diet can increase the risk of cardiovascular disorders. We see younger and younger women having cardiovascular disease and the question is: What is the cause? says Dr. Eric Belin de Chantemele, physiologist in the Vascular Biology Center and Department of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. We think the fact that females are more salt sensitive and more sensitive to obesity are among the reasons they have lost the natural protection youth and estrogen are thought to provide. First reduce your consumption of salt, a message the American Heart Association has been pushing for years, which should also result in a reduction in your intake of highly processed, high-calorie food and drink. , he says.
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Obesity and a high-salt diet are both bad for our hearts but they are bigger, seemingly synergistic risks for females, scientists report. We see younger and younger women having cardiovascular disease and the question is: What is the cause? says Dr. Eric Belin de Chantemele, physiologist in the Vascular Biology Center and Department of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. We think the fact that females are more salt sensitive and more sensitive to obesity are among the reasons they have lost the natural protection youth and estrogen are thought to provide.
April 5, 2021
As lockdown stretched from month to seemingly endless month, there was a good deal of speculation that the combination of boredom and loneliness would lead to a spike in one of America’s grimmest realities: the high rate of suicide. The notion of a rising suicide rate was often used to argue against lockdown, with critics saying that the solution to COVID was only exacerbating another, equally serious crisis. And while it’s true that America’s suicide rate is far high for the developed world, new data says it didn’t actually climb last year. In fact, the nation’s suicide rate actually significantly went down for the first time in four years.
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