High Blood Pressure Risk for Children with High Salt Diet

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The new study, based on data collected in the 1997 National Diet and Nutrition Survey for young people in Great Britain (NDNS), will add further urgency to food industry efforts to reduce the salt content of their products.

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Published in the Journal of Human Hypertension, the study showed that the more salt children ate, the higher their blood pressure became. They recommended that parents restrict their children’s salt intake as follows:

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• Babies under 6 months old - Less than 1 g of salt daily
• Babies 7-12 months old - Max of 1 g
• Children 1-3 years old - Max of 2 g
• Children 4-6 years old - Max 3g*
• Children 7-10 years old - Max 5g
• Children 11-14 years old - Max 6g

* (Study found that their Average intake was 4.7g)

The above maximum daily salt intake does not include salt used in cooked food for main meals and table salt.

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Excessive salt consumption has been linked to conditions such as asthma, osteoporosis, stomach cancer and hypertension (high blood pressure) leading to heart attack and stroke in later years, according to the study.

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“The message for parents is to check labels, especially on foods such as breakfast cereals and snack products, which they may not expect to contain high levels of salt, and choose the lower salt options. 1.5g of salt may not sound much, but parents need to know that it is half a six year-old’s maximum recommended upper limit of salt for a whole day (3g) and 30 per cent of a ten year-old’s (5g),” said Jo Butten, nutritionist for Consensus Action on Salt and Health.

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Health experts even recommended that some instant noodles should be avoided completely.

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Earlier article: “High Blood Pressure Undiagnosed in Kids“

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High Blood Pressure | Undiagnosed in Kids

High Blood Pressure Undiagnosed in Kids? It really gets scarier everyday, doesn’t it? A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that as kids and teens become increasingly overweight, their risk of getting high blood pressure increases proportionately. And worst still, most of these cases will remain undiscovered until the first signs of heart problems. By that time, it may already be too late because the first heart attack is the most deadly – the chances of surviving the first attack are 1:3.

Bad diet and poor lifestyle choices of our kids are attributed to be the main cause of high blood pressure in kids.

High blood pressure is like a ticking time bomb ready to explode – popping their blood vessels and frying their brains when they least expect it. Parents should be concerned because our kids could even have a heart attack before we do, God help us! Instead of they pushing our wheelchairs, we’ll be pushing their wheelchairs maybe.

“The likely consequences of this modern day plight begin with the damage of blood vassals to the heart, kidney and brain, the effects of which may be irreversible. If the high blood pressure or hypertension is left untreated for a long time, it will eventually damage the heart, kidneys, eyes and brain – causing strokes, heart attacks and even cancer. Needless to say, heart disease is right at our kids’ doorstep. Don’t wait for this killer blood disease to walk into your home. Once it gets in, it is like an unwanted friend who refuses to leave. Although this study is widely reported in all the major news media on 21 August 2007, this warning will unfortunately not be taken to heart.

So parents, if your kids:

• do not lead a healthy lifestyle,
• are overweight,
• are genetically predisposed to such diseases due to family medical history, and
• appear to be stressed out for whatever reason,

please send them for a full blood test. If the test indicates that their health is at risk, put them on a healthy diet immediately. Hey, I’m no doctor, but I am not going to get my kid to jump from the frying pan into the fire by getting them on statin drugs which even some of the older people can’t handle. Once you take statin drugs, it is a lifelong commitment and there is no turning back. Read my article about the Side Effects of Statin Drugs. There’s got to be natural alternatives to help them with their health problem.

My 12 year old kid is also slight overweight and I give him a few mouthfuls of Bios Life before he takes any high cholesterol food. My husband and I would never take him to those palaces of happy food which are much loved by kids today. If you had seen the movie “Supersize Me” you would probably not want to put in your kids at risk in this way. Until they offer more healthy food instead of happy food, these places are “Neverland” to him.

As parents, we need to educate our kids on the harmful effects of bad diets. We can’t be with them all of the time. The secret is to make them responsible for their health choices. I can’t think of any other way of minimizing the dangers of High Blood Pressure in our kids.

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