Due to her age and medical history, Susan has been admitted to a local hospital

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Due to her age and medical history, Susan has been admitted to a local hospital for evaluation for cardiac arrhythmia. A contributing issue to Susan’s condition is that she has problems controlling her weight. Answer the following questions relating to Susan’s nutritional status.

Understanding the importance of sodium in one’s diet, but also how excess sodium could be an issue, when Susan asks about her problems with hypertension, it would be correct to suggest that she limit her consumption of sodium to ____ mg a day.

Explanation / Answer

To control high blood pressure, the patient has to take sodium below 1,500 mg per day. A person need 180-300 mg sodium per day according to our daily needs. Maximum of 2,300 mg sodium is recommended per day for an adult.

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