Gee, thought this was a case of ‘settled science’...
It’s getting very, very difficult to figure out what to believe anymore, in just about any walk of life.
My old family doctor use to tell me to ignore the soup labels and just don't shake the shaker. He wasn't one that believed in all this garbage.
I’ve never understood why doctors don’t just read the physiology book that they had in their first year of pre-med. The saline levels in the blood stream are regulated by the adrenal gland. If you ingest more salt than is needed, you simply pee it out. Salt does not cause high blood pressure, it is a effect of high blood pressure. The blood pressure is regulated by the adrenal gland which controls the concentration of salt. It’s not the other way around.
If you crave salt, it’s because your adrenal gland wants to raise your blood pressure. The medical community needs to focus more on the fixing the real problem rather than just making everyone feel guilty for wanting more salt.
My mother carries “healthy” ideas to extremes. She once cut her salt back to the point that her electrolytes were so screwed up she ended up in the ER on an IV. This kind of stuff did not stop her from criticizing her father in law for eating bacon and eggs every morning. He was 93 and still riding a motorcycle.
I remember Stossel doing a show on this many years ago.
“also found that those with low salt intake were equally at risk.”
So perhaps the conclusion should have been “salt doesn’t matter”.
Before I even read this article, I have to say my husband will be overjoyed to confirm what he knows. He works hard, sweats a lot of salty sweat and he salts all his food a lot! His mother wags her finger and is so proud of not salting her food. However, she has in the past been admitted to the hospital to correct low sodium levels.
Mmmmmmm....love my Himalayan salt....
iodized salt was done for health reasons...by “scientists” for health reasons.... half the new “science” like “man caused climate change” is political horse pucky.....
but the law of nature that the azzhole is in charge (brain vs. azzhole...ahole shuts down brain overheats, ah wins) prevails... moochele and her school lunch program for example.. obama and obamacare ...and on and on..