Sodium

Overview

American Heart Association

• Sea Salt vs. Table Salt
• Get the Scoop on Sodium and Salt
• Shaking the Salt Habit to Lower High Blood Pressure
• Why Should I Limit my Sodium?

Dietitians of Canada

• Food Sources of Sodium
• Cut Out The Salt

Government of Canada

• Sodium: The Basics
• Sodium in Canada

Heart and Stroke Foundation

• Salt
• Low Salt Shopping

JAMA Patient Pages (United States)

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans — Eat Less Salt

Lab Tests Online (United States)

• Sodium

Mayo Clinic (United States)

• Sodium: How to Tame Your Salt Habit

Medline Plus (United States)

• Sodium in Diet
• Low-Salt Diet
• Cooking Without Salt
• Low Sodium Level
• Sodium Blood Test
• Sodium Urine Test

Merck Manual — Consumer Version (United States)

• Overview of Sodium’s Role in the Body
• Hyponatremia (Low Level of Sodium in the Blood)
• Hypernatremia (High Level of Sodium in the Blood)

UpToDate for Patients

• Low-Sodium Diet (The Basics) (Available upon request)
• Low Sodium Diet (Beyond the Basics)

U.S. Food & Drug Administration

• Sodium in Your Diet: Use the Nutrition Facts Label and Reduce Your Intake

Related Topics

• Heart Disease
• High Blood Pressure
• Nutrition
• Stroke

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