Drinking enough water can prevent heart failure

"Our research shows that maintaining good hydration can prevent or at least slow the changes inside the heart that cause heart failure," the study author and Natalie of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda) Said Dr.

The recommended daily fluid intake is 1.

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This study examined whether the serum sodium concentration of middle-aged people, as a measure of hydration habits, predicts the development of heart failure after 25 years

The analysis was conducted in the 15792 Community Atherosclerosis Risk Study (ARIC)

Participants were divided into four groups based on their average blood sodium concentration at the first and second study visits (conducted in the first three years): 135-139.

Higher blood sodium concentration in middle age is related to heart failure and left ventricular hypertrophy 25 years later

At the age of 70-90, when the serum sodium concentration exceeds 142 mmol/l, the risk of left ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure begins to increase

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