Posted on 08/13/2014 6:26:20 PM PDT by Innovative
The new study, which tracked more than 100,000 people from 17 countries over an average of more than three years, found that those who consumed fewer than 3,000 milligrams of sodium a day had a 27% higher risk of death or a serious event such as a heart attack or stroke in that period than those whose intake was estimated at 3,000 to 6,000 milligrams. Risk of death or other major events increased with intake above 6,000 milligrams.
Last year, a report from the Institute of Medicine, which advises Congress on health issues, didn't find evidence that cutting sodium intake below 2,300 milligrams reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Eat what you want, just less of it.
I was kinda hoping they’d start making those candy necklaces again but make them with salt.
My very first job was working at a KFC in 1972. I remember in the back of the store there was a display on the wall with salt tablets to be taken to counter heatstroke as working in the store in the summer with no air conditioning caused people to have heatstrokes.
But in America, land of processed food and McDonalds and similar establishments, I think everyone gets a "decent" amount of salt -- a salt "deficiency" seems unlikely.
The goal in this country is to keep it to some sort of reasonable level and follow a low-salt diet so that you just don't totally overdo the salt intake.
Did you know there is a disease called “hyponatremia”, where people have too little salt in their blood, it can actually kill people.
Used to have those salt tablet dispensers on board ships as well. But then again our lifeboat supplies included cigarettes back then.
When my wife was pregnant 31 years ago, she developed toxemia in the 3rd trimester. She (and I by association) was put on a NO sodium diet. Not literally zero, but as close to it as humanly possible. It was *awful*.
> But in America, land of processed food and McDonalds
> and similar establishments, I think everyone gets a
> “decent” amount of salt — a salt “deficiency” seems unlikely.
That’s true. The people actually at risk of too low sodium are those eschewing the sad SAD (Standard America Diet). This would include those doing low carb, ketogenic or vegetarian. Low carbers need to make sure they get enough. Ketogenics probably need to supplement, and vegetarians need to supplement a heck of a lot more than salt.
As with 99% of the official dietary advice, “avoid salt” is a mistake, although not quite as destructive as the advocacy for getting 60% of your calories from carbs (mostly wheat), the advocacy of low fat (huge mistake), and the endorsement of PUFA grain seed oils (so-called vegetable oils).
USDA MyPlate is MyPlateOfMetabolicSyndrome.
Now, I do not think that everyone should have a salt lick in their home; but, I'm pretty sure we can handle a little salt, since the inside of our body seems a bit "salty".
Sorry but the research is settled! Anti science and anti research are spreading these lies
It sure seems strange to me that the push for low fat foods seems to have started at about the time that diabetes went through the roof...
Wisdom.
In my 62 years I’ve seen “Salt will kill you” , “Coffee will kill you”, “Meat will kill you”, “Soy will kill you”, “Sugar will kill you”, and these have all been debunked and sometimes ‘rebunked’. Call me when someone says “Tobacco isn’t so bad.” Then I’ll know that science is back. Until then, it’s politics.
My grandson used to break off a piece of salt block for the cattle and lick it all day.
Now pass the salt!
They used to give salt tablets to football players. I know every death wasn’t broadcast 24/7 back then but I don’t remember hearing about a lot of football deaths.
In high school football we were given a salt tab every hour.
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