Salt, diet and health : Neptune's poisoned chalice : the origins of high blood pressure /
MacGregor, Graham
Salt, diet and health : Neptune's poisoned chalice : the origins of high blood pressure / Salt, diet & health Graham A. MacGregor and Hugh E. de Wardener. - xi, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Man's addiction to salt -- Sex, symbolism and sanctity -- Salt and society -- Man's resourcefulness in extracting salt -- Measurement of blood pressure -- Salt - the origins of high blood pressure -- Salt, the kidney and high blood pressure -- Dangers of high blood pressure -- Treatment of high blood pressure -- Further harmful effects of salt -- The industrial conspiracy -- Appendix: a healthy diet - practical advice on reducing salt intake. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
0521635454 9780521635455 0521583527 9780521583527
98017411
Salt in the body
Salt--Health aspects
Hypertension--Etiology.
Hypertension--Nutritional aspects
QP535.N2 / M33 1998
612.3926
Salt, diet and health : Neptune's poisoned chalice : the origins of high blood pressure / Salt, diet & health Graham A. MacGregor and Hugh E. de Wardener. - xi, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Man's addiction to salt -- Sex, symbolism and sanctity -- Salt and society -- Man's resourcefulness in extracting salt -- Measurement of blood pressure -- Salt - the origins of high blood pressure -- Salt, the kidney and high blood pressure -- Dangers of high blood pressure -- Treatment of high blood pressure -- Further harmful effects of salt -- The industrial conspiracy -- Appendix: a healthy diet - practical advice on reducing salt intake. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
0521635454 9780521635455 0521583527 9780521583527
98017411
Salt in the body
Salt--Health aspects
Hypertension--Etiology.
Hypertension--Nutritional aspects
QP535.N2 / M33 1998
612.3926