Nutritional Advice El Mondo
Objectives:
Although current guidelines recommend reduction of salt intake in patients with diabetes, the benefits of reducing salt intake in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) lack clear evidence. Therefore, this review articles has been conducted.
Does dietary sodium restriction causally reduce blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)?
Study design:
This review article included 8 RCTs with 10 trials (7 cross-over and 3 parallel designs).
No publication bias was found from Begg's and Egger's tests.
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found compared with ordinary sodium intake, dietary sodium restriction significantly decreased 24-hour urine sodium level [WMD = -38.430 mmol/24h, 95% CI = -41.665 mmol/24h to -35.194 mmol/24h].
The investigators found dietary sodium restriction significantly lowered systolic blood pressure [WMD = -5.574 mm Hg, 95% CI = -8.314 to -2.834 mm Hg, I2 = 0.0%] and diastolic blood pressure [WMD = -1.675 mm Hg, 95% CI = -3.199 to -0.150 mm Hg, I2 = 0.0%].
The investigators concluded that dietary sodium restriction causally reduces systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Original title:
Effect of dietary sodium restriction on blood pressure in type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ren Y, Liqiang Qin L, […], Ma Y.
Link:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33838996/
Additional information of El Mondo:
Find more information/studies on sodium and diabetes right here.
Salt consists of sodium and chloride. So a dietary sodium restriction means a reduction in dietary salt intake.
A diet with dietary salt restriction is a diet with maximum 0.2 grams of salt per 100 kcal.
The easiest way to follow this diet is to choose only products/meals with maximum 0.2 grams of salt per 100 kcal. These products from the supermarket contain maximum 0.2 grams of salt per 100 kcal.
However, the most practical way to follow this diet is, all your daily consumed products/meals should contain on average maximum 0.2 grams of salt per 100 kcal.
To do this, use the 7-points nutritional profile app to see if your daily diet contains maximum 0.2 grams of salt per 100 kcal.