A Low-Salt Diet May Be Bad for the Heart (Expository Article)

Day : Monday

Date : 30 of May 2016

Title : A Low-Salt Diet May Be Bad for the Heart

Times : 1 minute

Pages : -

Thesis Statements : 

            Many people with high blood presure eat a low-sodium diet. But Andrew Mente, an epidemiologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, said that low sodium intake may be harmful. The recomendation for the maximum of sodium that should be consumed in a day is 2,3 grams.

Outline :

·         Many people with blood presure eat a low sodium diet.

·         Consuming low sodium may increase the risk for heart disease

·         The recomendation for the maximum of sodium that should be consumed in a day is 2,3 grams

·         The research of sodium diet

·         The explanation of sodium diet from Andrew Mente

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Resolutions :

            Eating less salt does indeed lower blood pressure but it will increase heart disease. It’s importan not to rely on blood pressure alone, but rather to look at actual clinical events – heart attack, stroke, mortality.

Author’s Opinion : -

Vocabulary – expression learned:

·         Elderly

·         Cardiovascular

·         Urinalysis

Comment :

            I have no idea about sodium diet can effect heart disease but after reading this article I know a little bit about it. I know something about sodium diet, it will increase thyroid risk if someone eat a low-sodium diet. 

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