How much salt do Americans consume per day? An average of 3,400 mg (1 tsp = 2,325 mg). 1,500 mg should be the sodium limit according to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, especially for people who are 51 or older, and people of any age who are African Americans, or who have diabetes, high […]
Heart Disease
Can Gene Testing Help Diabetes & Heart Disease?
Are diabetes, heart disease and cancer risk determined by our genes? The other night I went to a little presentation by Navigenics, where the topic of the evening centered around predictive genomics testing, genetic predisposition and the idea of personalized medicine. To my mind, the subject is not so easy to discuss because how genes […]