The food that can reverse the damage done to blood vessels caused by a high-sodium diet.
Eating dairy products like cheese can cancel out the damage caused by salt to the body, a study has found.
Eating cheese helps protect blood vessels from injury caused by salty foods due to the high amount of antioxidants it contains.
However, a diet high in salt increases oxidative stress, which is an imbalance between antioxidants and free radicals in the body.
This will result in vascular dysfunction which causes high blood pressure and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The study examined a group of healthy adults without salt sensitivity who were non-smokers and taking no medications.
Salt sensitivity in blood pressure terms means sudden or immediate increase of blood pressure after eating a food high in salt.
These subjects, when given a diet containing 5.5 gram (g) of sodium per day, experienced stiffness, narrowing of the arteries and dysfunction of blood vessels.
But, the negative effect of a high sodium diet was removed when they ate four servings of cheese — equivalent to 170 g of cheese a day.
Past studies have shown a link between dairy products such as cheeses high in sodium and an improvement in heart health.
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