Drinking water to maintain a healthy sodium level in the bloodstream may reduce your risk of heart failure, a chronic condition where the heart has difficulty pumping blood to match the body’s needs, according to a recent paper published in the European Heart Journal.
The Mayo Clinic notes healthy people maintain a sodium level between 135 and 145 mmol/L in the , but as sodium increases, the body’s fluid levels decrease, so the researchers used sodium as a marker for fluid status to identify participants who had a higher risk for developing heart failure.
The study focused on the participants with hydration levels that were within a normal range who did not have diabetes, obesity or heart failure when the study started. Filtering data to approximately 11,814 adults in the final analysis, it found 11.56% developed heart failure. "Heart failure risk was increased by 39% if middle age serum sodium exceeded 143 mmol/L [millimoles per liter], corresponding to 1% body weight water deficit," the study authors They also found a serum sodium of 142.
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