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LOW-SODIUM DIET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does low-sodium diet mean? 

LOW-SODIUM DIET (noun)
  The noun LOW-SODIUM DIET has 1 sense:

1. a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disordersplay

  Familiarity information: LOW-SODIUM DIET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOW-SODIUM DIET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

low-salt diet; low-sodium diet; salt-free diet

Hypernyms ("low-sodium diet" is a kind of...):

diet (a prescribed selection of foods)


 Context examples 


New research suggests that combining DASH, or Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, with a low-sodium diet has the potential to lower blood pressure as well as or better than many anti-hypertension medications.

(DASH ranked Best Diet Overall for eighth year in a row by U.S. News and World Report, National Institutes of Health)



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