Bianca Swanepoel

TL;DR: Sodium levels in two-thirds of foods covered by the South African sodium legislation were at or below the permitted upper levels at the mandatory implementation date of the legislation and many more were close to the limit.

TL;DR: Findings support the South African government's sodium reduction legislation, as well as global initiatives, and should be given to promoting the intake of potassium-rich foods, as this may have a greater public health impact than focusing only on dietary sodium reduction.

TL;DR: Estimations of Na excretion by the three formulas should be used with caution when reporting on Na intake levels, as more research is needed to validate and develop a specific formula for the South African context with its different population groups.

TL;DR: The impact that nutritional status can have on reducing the inherent genetic susceptibility to a heightened systemic inflammatory state is highlighted, as HbA1C and fasting glucose levels interacted with some SNPs to influence the CRP.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured the sodium content and established whether industry is complying with the targets set in Regulation R.214 by means of atomic absorption spectrometry subsequent to microwave digestion.