> The overall result is that there are a bunch of people shouting "less salt!" and a bunch of people shouting "the same amount of salt!" and no one has any mode

> The overall result is that there are a bunch of people shouting "less salt!" and a bunch of people shouting "the same amount of salt!" and no one has any model of how much salt they actually need, so they occasionally end up deficient. Dr. Brewer's pregnancy diet calls for as much salt as the patient wants - "salt to taste". One of the things I had to help my girlfriend with was getting her over her salt phobia - she definitely wasn't getting enough. There is a disconnect between medical science and the actual findings of physiology. Medical students are indoctrinated with lots of facts and a little dogma. The incorrect ideas stunts the progress of their field. Veterinarians know to give animals as much salt as they want.