Cardio
metabolic diseases (metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus 2), are associated
to cardiovascular risk factors such as dyslipidemia, abdominal obesity, insulin
resistance, and high blood pressure or hypertension, which increase the risk of
cardiovascular diseases (CVD), with high global prevalence.
Hypertension
as a risk factor of CVD results from an interaction between genetic
susceptibility and environmental factors. Diet, and specifically dietary
sodium, is a determinant of blood pressure. The relation between salt and blood
pressure has been studied for many decades. Dietary intake of sodium, or salt,
is strongly associated with blood pressure due its central role in determining
blood volume. Modern diets provide excessive amounts of salt, and in developed
and developing countries the intake of processed foods with high salt levels is
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