Jury is still out on caffeine and salt as well.
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“Jury is still out on caffeine and salt as well.”
not really. most studies find nothing bad about consuming reasonable amounts of coffee, and a great number of studies show minor positive health benefits.
As to salt, studies have shown the FedGov recommended amount is about 1/3 of the optimal amount, namely folks who eat about 3 times the recommended amount of salt daily have fewer heart attacks than those who eat the low amounts recommended. More than 3 times that amount and heart attacks go up again.
More recent studies on sodium show people who get less than 3000 mg or more than 5000 mg of sodium a day have a higher death rate.
Still, our doctors say sodium must be restricted to under 1500 mg a day, if you have heart problems.
Sodium is an electrolyte we must have.
Some American “health” institutions are crazy.
Although you didn’t mention it, dietary cholesterol is no longer a real concern. Our bodies must create or ingest 1 - 1.5 grams of cholesterol a day for cell use.
The Government recently took off its warnings against egg yolks they used to have for years.
Basically, eating 1,000 mg a day of cholesterol still means your blood cholesterol will be fine. That’s five total eggs, stretched throughout the day.
They will have to PRY my Coffee out of my cold dead hands. Working on cup #3, straight up black.
Salt now I do watch as I’ve got Meniere’s and it does effect that. As it does a heart patient.