Heart disease is the most common cause of death in adults in the United States. The American Heart Association named high blood pressure as a risk factor that keeps heart disease at the top of this list in 2025. This may be alarming, especially for those with hypertension, but cardiologists stress the need to know the truth so you can act.
Using medications can help reduce blood pressure. However, it is also important to make some lifestyle changes, such as recognizing small hazards that can worsen high blood pressure. Cardiologists are telling people to pay greater attention to how much salt they eat every day and not forget about the sneaky ways sodium may get into foods.
Dr. Randy Gould, a cardiologist at Manhattan Cardiology in New York City, says, “Most people don’t look at labels to see how much sodium they’re eating.” If you have high blood pressure or wish to keep it under control, you might know not to add salt to your food. But cardiologists believe it’s easy to misjudge how much salt you eat in everyday foods. Salt is hidden in many foods as both a flavor enhancer and preservative, so it’s used in high quantities in many canned and prepared meals. Read the article.
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