Salt, diet and health : Neptune's poisoned chalice : the origins of high blood pressure / Graham A. MacGregor and Hugh E. de Wardener.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998Description: xi, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0521635454
- 9780521635455
- 0521583527
- 9780521583527
- Salt, diet & health [Cover title]
- 612.3926
- QP535.N2 M33 1998
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Man's addiction to salt -- 3. Sex, symbolism and sanctity -- 4. Salt and society -- 5. Man's resourcefulness in extracting salt -- 6. Measurement of blood pressure -- 7. Salt - the origins of high blood pressure -- 8. Salt, the kidney and high blood pressure -- 9. Dangers of high blood pressure -- 10. Treatment of high blood pressure -- 11. Further harmful effects of salt -- 12. The industrial conspiracy -- 13. Appendix: a healthy diet - practical advice on reducing salt intake.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 612.3926 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A168466B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Man's addiction to salt -- 3. Sex, symbolism and sanctity -- 4. Salt and society -- 5. Man's resourcefulness in extracting salt -- 6. Measurement of blood pressure -- 7. Salt - the origins of high blood pressure -- 8. Salt, the kidney and high blood pressure -- 9. Dangers of high blood pressure -- 10. Treatment of high blood pressure -- 11. Further harmful effects of salt -- 12. The industrial conspiracy -- 13. Appendix: a healthy diet - practical advice on reducing salt intake.
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