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...obeseincluding 15% of kids. We're lazy too. Only 24% of us exercise vigorously at least three times a week. We smoke too much (22% of adults still light up), drink too much, and with our fetish for fast and processed foods, we're practically pickling ourselves with salt...
...quantity of water that is kept or dumped by the body but also its composition. Drain or retain too much sugar, potassium or countless other essential components, and the chemistry of the whole body goes awry. One of the things the kidneys keep an especially close watch on is salt. The more sodium you hold, the more water your body retains, storing it first in the bloodstream and then off-loading it into tissues. When your system gets waterlogged, overfilled vessels feel the strain...
...kidneys work hard to keep that from happening. If salt content is too high, the body's water content will be elevated too. The system responds by slowing down the manufacture of renin, an enzyme that increases water retention. Dialing back the renin also dials back the production of angiotensin, a protein that constricts blood vessels. Should the salt level fall too far, the body reverses the procedure, cranking up renin to hold on to water and releasing angiotensin to tighten vessels. There are a lot of things that can throw that system off, including kidney disease and tumors...
...advanced any number of explanations for the hypertension problem in the black population. One of the most intriguing--if least provable--has been that the brutal conditions aboard slave ships crossing the Atlantic served as a sort of adaptive choke point, selecting for people with a tendency to retain salt and water. This allowed them to survive the murderous journey without succumbing to thirst but predisposed their descendants to hypertension. Dr. Lawrence Appel of the Johns Hopkins University School of Med-icine believes that modern-day African Americans do process sodium a bit differently from whites and may even have...
...That raspy drawl, the salt-and-pepper hair, a doughnut-stuffed belly hanging over his belt. Others in Primary Colors tried to steer clear of real-life inspiration; John Travolta became a Bill Clinton clone. It took weeks to master the familiar vocal cadence and body language, but the feel-your-pain sincerity came easier. 'The scary thing about this part is, take away the Southern accent and gray hair, and I don't respond that differently to people,' he says ... 'I'm good at schmoozing and being very caring and tolerant, which is just what Clinton does...