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Excess sodium from packaged meals can increase blood-pressure risk in salt-sensitive users.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Superscript reference numbers link to the Sources bibliography.
Composite Rating
Blends evidence depth, community direction, safety friction, and completeness.
Evidence Intensity
100/100
High depth from human/RCT/meta counts
Community Direction
0
Mixed / Neutral • confidence Minimal
Safety Friction
21/100
Early signal from adverse/interaction markers
Data Completeness
100%
Studies 16 • mentions 0 • links 25
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Classification: limit.[1096,1220,1826, etc.]
Best fit: Users with hypertension or fluid-retention tendencies..[1096,1220,1826, etc.]
Goal alignment: Heart Health, Metabolic Health.[1096,1220,1826, etc.]
Classification
Limit
Evidence Tier
HIGH
Best Fit
Users with hypertension or fluid-retention tendencies.
Primary Focus
Heart Health, Metabolic Health
Clinical Depth
Humans: 166 • RCTs: 6 • Meta: 1
Cohort / Real-World
Cohort signals: 15
Safety Markers
Adverse signals: 2 • Interactions: 0
Freshness, trend, and study timeline for this item
Status
Trend
→ Stable evidence base
Depth
166 total studies · 5 recent
Timeline
Total indexed
166
Human studies
166
Cohort signals
15
Randomized trials
6
Safety adverse signals
2
In vitro / tissue
1
Weighted direction score: 0 (Mixed / Neutral)
High when there are >=2 human meta-analyses, or strong human trial/cohort volume with substantial human literature.
Total indexed
166
Human studies
166
Cohort signals
15
Randomized trials
6
Safety adverse signals
2
In vitro / tissue
1
Meta-analyses
1
Animal-only studies
0
Distribution of evidence by study design strength
Evidence Strength: High
PMID 1827353 • 1991 Apr 6
By how much does dietary salt reduction lower blood pressure? III--Analysis of data from trials of salt reduction.
BMJ
Open PubMedPMID 27266988 • 2016 Aug
Concordance of dietary sodium intake and concomitant phosphate load: Implications for sodium interventions.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
Open PubMedPMID 25022834 • 2014 Oct
Sources and correlates of sodium consumption in the first 2 years of life.
J Acad Nutr Diet
Open PubMedBenefit reports: 0
Adverse reports: 0
No-effect reports: 0
Mixed reports: 0
Unclear reports: 0
Signal confidence: 0.00
Benefits
Adverse
No Effect
Community confidence 0.00 with mentions: benefit 0, adverse 0, no-effect 0.
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aggregate • unclear
No directional first-hand mentions captured in the current community corpus; source links are retained for traceability.
Open mentionEvidence Sources
PUBMED • Humans + preclinical triage
Counts from structured PubMed query set for diet/intake context.
Outcome: Humans 166, RCT 6, meta 1, cohort 15.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 1991 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 1827353 from BMJ.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[, etc.]
No directional mention volume was resolved; fallback profile metadata is shown in other sections.
Composite of study volume, RCTs, and meta-analyses
PMID 25769746 • 2015 Oct
Reduced-Sodium Lunches Are Well-Accepted by Uninformed Consumers Over a 3-Week Period and Result in Decreased Daily Dietary Sodium Intakes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
J Acad Nutr Diet
Open PubMedPMID 2404050 • 1990 Jan
Hypertension Prevention Trial (HPT): food pattern changes resulting from intervention on sodium, potassium, and energy intake. Hypertension Prevention Trial Research Group.
J Am Diet Assoc
Open PubMedPMID 32655047 • 2020 May-Jun
Effects of dietary counseling on sodium restriction in patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis: A randomized clinical trial.
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl
Open PubMedPMID 21888642 • 2011 Sep 2
Feasibility and antihypertensive effect of replacing regular salt with mineral salt -rich in magnesium and potassium- in subjects with mildly elevated blood pressure.
Nutr J
Open PubMedPMID 39908059 • 2025 Apr 1
Sodium Reduction Legislation and Urinary Sodium and Blood Pressure in South Africa.
JAMA Cardiol
Open PubMedPMID 34229259 • 2021 Jul
Intake of processed meat, but not sodium, is associated with risk of colorectal cancer: Evidence from a large prospective cohort and two-sample Mendelian randomization.
Clin Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 24257724 • 2014 Feb
Understanding the patterns and trends of sodium intake, potassium intake, and sodium to potassium ratio and their effect on hypertension in China.
Am J Clin Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 24788310 • 2014 Jul
Demographic associations of high estimated sodium intake and frequency of consumption of high-sodium foods in people with chronic kidney disease stage 3 in England.
J Ren Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 31909790 • 2020 May 1
Dietary Potassium Intake Remains Low and Sodium Intake Remains High, and Most Sodium is Derived from Home Food Preparation for Chinese Adults, 1991-2015 Trends.
J Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 40504596 • 2025 Nov 11
Diet and nutrition in cardiovascular disease prevention: a scientific statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology and the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions of the European Society of Cardiology.
Eur J Prev Cardiol
Open PubMedPMID 39020052 • 2025 Jan
Dietary patterns to promote cardiometabolic health.
Nat Rev Cardiol
Open PubMedPMID 38648172 • 2024 Apr
Nutrition: Chronic Disease Management.
FP Essent
Open PubMedPMID 39289814 • 2024 Oct
North American considerations, strategies, and practices in reducing the sodium content in processed foods.
J Food Sci
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Community Sources
PUBMED • 2016 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 27266988 from Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2014 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 25022834 from J Acad Nutr Diet.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2015 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 25769746 from J Acad Nutr Diet.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 1990 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 2404050 from J Am Diet Assoc.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2020 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 32655047 from Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2011 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 21888642 from Nutr J.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2025 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 39908059 from JAMA Cardiol.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2021 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 34229259 from Clin Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2014 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 24257724 from Am J Clin Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2014 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 24788310 from J Ren Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2020 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 31909790 from J Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2025 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 40504596 from Eur J Prev Cardiol.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2025 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 39020052 from Nat Rev Cardiol.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 38648172 from FP Essent.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 39289814 from J Food Sci.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1826,2060,2227, etc.]
Open source