{"id":6930,"date":"2017-11-06T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/?p=6930"},"modified":"2017-11-03T15:28:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T19:28:27","slug":"spicy-foods-may-help-decrease-sodium-intake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/lighten-up-your-recipe\/spicy-foods-may-help-decrease-sodium-intake\/","title":{"rendered":"Spicy Foods May Help Decrease Sodium Intake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28915\" style=\"font-weight: 300;color: #333333\" src=\"https:\/\/news.heart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1031-Feature-Salt-Spicy-Food_WP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"671\" height=\"378\" \/><\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Adding some spice to food may make you more aware of the taste of salt, a new study suggests.<\/p>\n<p>The findings, published Tuesday in the journal\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hyper.ahajournals.org\/content\/early\/2017\/10\/30\/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.09950\" class=\"broken_link\"><em>Hypertension<\/em><\/a>, indicates that eating spicy foods may help us consume less salt \u2014 and, ultimately, lower blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Health Organization, people are eating too much salt across the globe, increasing the prevalence of high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>That problem prompted Zhiming Zhu, M.D., a professor of cardiovascular medicine and metabolism at the Chongqing Institute of Hypertension in China, to study alternative ways to reduce salt intake.<\/p>\n<p>He and his colleagues decided to specifically focus on spicy food.<\/p>\n<p>For more information go to:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.heart.org\/spicy-foods-may-heighten-perception-salt\/\" class=\"broken_link\">\u00a0https:\/\/news.heart.org\/spicy-foods-may-heighten-perception-salt\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding some spice to food may make you more aware of the taste of salt, a new study suggests. 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