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Salt Loading Blunts Central and Peripheral Postexercise Hypotension.

Medicine and science in sports and exercise2020The record ↗

  1. Finding, limited evidenceraisesBody mass

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  • “Total body water (assessed via bioelectrical impedance analysis) and weight were increased following salt, compared to dextrose.”
    Study
    crossover
    Duration
    10 days
    Dose studied
    3900 mg/day table salt in capsules for 10 days, against dextrose placebo capsules, on a 2300 mg/day sodium diet
    Population
    Healthy, non-obese, recreationally active adults with non-hypertensive blood pressure in a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled crossover study; measured after 10 days of capsules on a recommended 2300 mg/day sodium diet

Study record

Design
crossover trial
Species
human
Population
recreationally active, non-obese adults with non-hypertensive blood pressure
Participants
19
Comparator
placebo
Duration
10 days
Endpoints measured
38