Thank you for posting this. I’ve read numerous studies coming out of medical journals in the last 6-9 months that have disproved “healthy eating” theories from the 70s and 80s. Salt seems to be the latest victim of the junk science back then. I’m hoping to see some new evidence to support salt as well as to finally cast sugar in the proper light as the biggest problem with our society’s eating habits over the last 30 years.
Salt does not matter...Your sodium/potassium pump does matter.....google it
Most of these studies treat salt as a poison. It is actually a necessary nutrient. In ancient times it was used as money because it was hard to get and you could die, or at least suffer serious problems if you didn’t get enough.
Can extreme amounts be a problem? Sure, so can too much of anything. The only question is how much is too much?
Yes. Totally — in the end it’s all about the heart, and the heart feels it when you’ve eaten too much sodium, provided that your listening. I would imagine that the ratio of too much salt related health issues to the health issue of too little salt is more than 100-1 the the U.S.
I love salt and use it liberally. My blood pressure is normal, sometimes bordering on low. Same for other members of my family. Which leads me to believe that problems with salt are inherent for certain body types.
No.
Back in the early '90s I read about the definitive study of salt use by humans. It was conclusive. Salt intake had no adverse effect on healthy people.
This was an exhaustive worldwide study sampling all groups. It confirmed what people have known for more than recorded history; salt is necessary to health, and the body will rid itself of excess salt using only what it needs.
Of course, this study barely saw the light of day. As with the rest of popular nutrition, we have allowed fanatics to turn us away from healthy eating habits.
People who like salt but are being cowed into thinking it’s dangerous should realize that they need just drink more water
everyday.
Sea salt doesn’t give you the critical iodine that the body needs.
I love salt, and used it much more than I should have. An old boyfriend said he was going to get a salt block for my kitchen counter and I could lick it every time I walked past.
Salt naturally contains more than just sodium. Table salt has had the other trace minerals removed as they are valuable, so all that remains is sodium. I’ve heard that when we are craving salt, we are really needing the trace minerals that we aren’t getting from table salt.
Once I tried Real Salt I never went back. Even my husband, with the least discerning palate you could imagine, could tell the difference in taste. Now, I use it liberally but no where near what I did prior to the switch.
We use Real Salt, Himalayan Pink Salt, or Celtic Sea Salt. I did have some nagging concerns over the fact that they aren’t iodized, but all have some iodine in them. I may have made a big mistake last year when I took kelp supplements for 2 weeks to make sure I was getting enough iodine. I’ll never know if that tipped the scales or not, but was absolutely miserable for 4 months following that until I was recently diagnosed with Graves disease. Obviously, I was getting enough iodine without the kelp. I have had the same symptoms, though less intense, for years so who knows.
The CDC, FDA & Department of Agriculture have lied to the American public so much, that everything they say should at least be taken with a grain of salt.