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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 612.3926 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A168466B |
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| 612.39 KAN Bioenergetics primer for exercise science / | 612.39 KAN Bioenergetics primer for exercise science / | 612.39 MET Metabolism / | 612.3926 MAC Salt, diet and health : Neptune's poisoned chalice : the origins of high blood pressure / | 612.399 FOL Folate and human development / | 612.399 FRA Vitamin discoveries and disasters : history, science, and controversies / | 612.399 PRI Vitamania : our obsessive quest for nutritional perfection / |
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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