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?
The answer is more salt for some people and less for others.
The dirty secret is that we are all individuals with unique health. What works for one person does not work for the next.
Even nature despises a one-size-fits-all approach. It is another example of the failure of liberalism to think we should all eat the same diet and then we will all be healthy.
It does not work with centralized government and it does not work with centralized medicine.
It is why the founding of this nation was such a massive success....it tapped into individuality and embraced it, fostered it and allowed it to flourish.
I think the fact that it was one of the only (certainly the most common) foot preservatives around greatly added to its high cost in those days. If you wanted to store meat you better have salt.
Roman soldiers were once paid in salt, I have read. It is where the word salary comes from. Read that too, don’t know if it is true or not.
Jesus said, “Salt is good.” (Mark 9.50)