According to a study published in The Lancet, reducing sodium intake could help improve certain symptoms in patients with heart failure. Although it didn’t reduce hospital visits or deaths, the study found that it could ease your symptoms like swelling, fatigue and cough.
The research involved 806 heart failure patients at 26 medical centers in Canada, the United States, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and New Zealand, of which half of the participants received usual care, while the other half received nutritional advice on how to reduce your diet Salt intake.
Before the study, the participants consumed an average of 2,217 mg of salt per day. During and after the study, those who received usual care consumed an average of 2,072 mg of sodium per day, while those who received nutritional counseling reduced their salt intake to an average of 1,658 mg per day.
Although the researchers found no significant difference between the two groups, they did see a consistent improvement in symptoms in the low-sodium group.
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