Posted on 05/03/2011 4:04:17 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
Which is more dangerous: dietary salt or the government’s dietary guidelines? A new study confirms some old truths.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (May 4), reports that among 3,681 study subjects followed for as long as 23 years, the cardiovascular death rate was more than 50 percent higher among those on who consumed less salt.
The researchers concluded that their findings, “refute the estimates of computer model of lives saved and health care costs reduced with lower salt intake” and they do not support “the current recommendations of a generalized and indiscriminate reduction in salt intake at the population level.”
But that sort of reduction is precisely what the U.S. government now recommends.
(Excerpt) Read more at junkscience.com ...
Ping!
Whew.I’m safe then.
I knew my potato chip and beef jerky diet would pay off.
<<< Running to McD’s for a supersized fries.
I couldn’t help but laugh out loud upon seeing the headline. Most of what they tell you about diet today is pure hogwash. The human body needs salt. This has been obvious for many, many centuries.
But hey! Gotta make room for more grant money!
When I lived in Virginia, I never salted my food because it was in the fish & shrimp and crabs and oysters which I ate every day....not all in one ay.,..
The last time I had some lab work done my GP doctor told me I cut back too far on my salts and could increase the amount of salt intake. My cardiologist told me my GP doctor didn’t know what he was talking about. He agreed that my sodium levels were much lower but I needed to lower them more. The last I heard we needed sodium and potassium in our systems! I increased my sodium intake.
AGREEED!!!!!!!!!!
Salt is crucial but throw out the table salt and buy unrefined sea salt that has all the minerals in it. It tastes fantastic and you can have as much as you want. In fact, you SHOULD consume at least 1/2 tsp in warm water every day.
Just what I’ve been telling my family and friends for some time.
Obviously too much salt is bad for you, but so is too little.
What I particularly miss is decently salted french fries, which I only eat occasionally anyway, and potato chips. They’ve been after the guys that cook or manufacture these things until they’ve rendered them virtually tasteless.
Great work, Nanny State!
One of the buried facts in the Framingham study, buried so the sodium wasting thiazides and their derivatives could be pumped into a billion dollar market.
And that global warming thingy.......?
Me too!
This article is not credible.
first of all, people lie about what they eat when they are told to “limit” something. Second, people who are told to limit something in their diet are told to do so because they don’t have the sense god gave a turnip to figure out on their own to limit it BEFORE their health gets whacked.
I would submit to you that the average couch potato could not possibly consume too little salt. When I was a young kid and also well into in my 20s I actually didn’t like salt. I never salted anything and my mom cooked without salt. I never suffered any ill effects and I was so active I sweat from the moment I got out of the shower in the morning until I was asleep in bed at night...and that was just in the winter.
The primary means of losing salt is via sweating and urinating. If a sweaty kid who never eats salty foods can’t get sodium deficient then no one can.
the only POSSIBLE effect I MAY have had from a low salt intake was that I sweat 3 or 4 times more than the normal amount...and drank water like crazy.
“And that global warming thingy.......?”
Just have to put a new case of beer in the fridge before the last one is half gone. Climate change takes time.
The #1 cause of death is birth. Deal with it.
Sodium is an essential nutrient for all warm-blooded mammals. People used to learn that in basic high school biology classes.
Like every other liberal pop science fad, the low salt bs is killing people and bringing harm.
My sister was just admitted to the hospital yesterday with severe pneumonia, sepsis, low blood pressure and low sodium. She is an alcholic so that has weakened her immune system and I imagine has contributed to the low sodium, don’t know enough about sodium deficiency or why she has it. She’s in ICU since 3am lastnight when her blood pressure took another dive. She’s 57.
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