Higher dietary sodium intake associated with increased risk for atopic dermatitis

Higher dietary sodium intake was associated with a higher risk for current atopic dermatitis, suggesting that a sodium-restricting diet may be a helpful intervention for disease management, according to a study.
“There haven’t been many studies specifically on sodium and eczema,” Katrina Abuabara, MD, MA, MSCE, associate professor of dermatology at University of California, San Francisco, and associate adjunct professor of epidemiology at UC Berkeley School of Public Health, told Healio. “However, a fast food diet, which is often high in sodium among other things, has

Higher dietary sodium intake was associated with a higher risk for current atopic dermatitis, suggesting that a sodium-restricting diet may be a helpful intervention for disease management, according to a study.
“There haven’t been many studies specifically on sodium and eczema,” Katrina Abuabara, MD, MA, MSCE, associate professor of dermatology at University of California, San Francisco, and associate adjunct professor of epidemiology at UC Berkeley School of Public Health, told Healio. “However, a fast food diet, which is often high in sodium among other things, has