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19555703

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
In seeking the determinants of high salt intake, studies in rat have shown that sodium depletion in utero, neonatally, or in maturity, permanently enhances salt appetite. In humans too, salt appetite is permanently enhanced after perinatal sodium loss, but it is not known if sodium loss in adults also enhances salt intake. If it does, it might contribute to high sodium intake and its associated pathologies. Therefore, using methods that revealed the perinatal determinants of sodium appetite, here we evaluated whether salt appetite is enhanced in adults with a varied history of sodium loss. We find that putative sodium loss due to hyperhidrosis, hemorrhage, dehydration, or breastfeeding, does not increase salt appetite significantly. The findings contrast with the many studies showing enduring enhancement of salt appetite by perinatal sodium loss in humans, and suggest that lifelong salt appetite is established very early in development. In turn this counsels very early intervention to prevent lifelong excess sodium intake.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1873-507X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
331-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
The excess salt appetite of humans is not due to sodium loss in adulthood.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel. Micah.Leshem@psy.haifa.ac.il
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't