I’ve never understood why doctors don’t just read the physiology book that they had in their first year of pre-med. The saline levels in the blood stream are regulated by the adrenal gland. If you ingest more salt than is needed, you simply pee it out. Salt does not cause high blood pressure, it is a effect of high blood pressure. The blood pressure is regulated by the adrenal gland which controls the concentration of salt. It’s not the other way around.
If you crave salt, it’s because your adrenal gland wants to raise your blood pressure. The medical community needs to focus more on the fixing the real problem rather than just making everyone feel guilty for wanting more salt.
That makes sense. I was talking to a lady the other day that ended up in the er because she was trying to lose weight and drank so much water she washed all the saline out of her body.