Salty Foods Effect on Arteries

The salt and fat you enjoy may taste good, but you will pay for it. NBC4's Ellie Merritt runs down a new study about the price we pay for the snack attack.

Let's fess up here, good old French fries coated in salt and fat are oh so tempting. Same for the chips, but you'll pay for them.

An echocardiogram gives docs a good look at your heart. Riverside cardiologist Dr. Kanny Grewal looks at hearts day in and day out and a new study caught his eye - a study from the American Journal of Clinical nutrition shows that just thirty minutes after downing a salty snack like French fries or chips and your arteries start to change.

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• ohiohealth
• cardiologist
• heart health
• heart disease
• riverside
• circulation
• salty food
• nutrition