Premier - Local Registered Dietitian
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Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element with the symbol Na and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal. Sodium is an alkali metal, being in group 1 of the periodic table. Its only stable isotope is Na. The free metal does not occur in nature, and must be prepared from compounds
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Heart Health and Salt Restrictions <p> Nurse Practitioner – Adult, talks about why and how heart patients can restrict their salt intake.</p>Nurse Practitioner – Adult, talks about why and how heart patients can restrict their salt intake.
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Sodium Reduction in Heart Failure Patients
It’s really important to watch your sodium intake when it comes especially to heart failure. Fluid retention is one of the biggest issues that we have with heart failure patients. And we have the fluid that builds up in our feet, our legs, and our belly.
As far as how much salt you should have in your diet, we do recommend a diet of less than 2,000 milligrams of sodium, recognizing that the average North American diet has about four to five thousand milligrams.
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