Its highly amusing how these food nazis keep on harping on this subject when studies have been coming out showing no link between hypertension and salt intake. ITS GENETIC!
I have a friend who's been on a salt limited diet for the last 10 years and it did not help his blood pressure one bit. In fact, he dang near had a heart attack when his Dr. told him that his problem was not so much diet as heredity
Yes it is.......
Some folks, like myself need gobs of salt to maintain our electrolyte balance. If I were to cut back, I would fall on my face on the first hot day of summer.
Kidney function, sweating ability and a horde of other things have much to do with how much salt everyone needs, and no one person is the same as another.
Same thing with cholesterol, IMHO.