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salt was always advised to be limited, especially for those with high blood pressure. This hasn't changed, there are just vocal diet ideologues (mostly carnivor
by shlant 11mo ago
salt was always advised to be limited, especially for those with high blood pressure. This hasn't changed, there are just vocal diet ideologues (mostly carnivore/keto) that are trying to post-hoc rationalize otherwise.
- amanaplanacanal 11mo agoFrom what I understand it's only really a problem for a specific set of high blood pressure folks. Something genetic I think. I'm on blood pressure medication, and haven't received any advice about sodium intake.
- loeg 11mo agoOnly ~50% of the population is hypertensive, and only about half of them are sodium sensitive.
- jtbayly 11mo agoAnd half of the half that are sensitive, it lowers blood pressure.
- padjo 11mo agoEverybody is sodium sensitive, it’s a basic fact that your body retains additional fluids if you increase your sodium intake, just talk to some bodybuilders. Chronic long term exposure to a high sodium diet is a risk factor for all sorts of issues because of this basic fact of biology. Way more so than MSG or even artificial sweeteners. But people focus on the wrong thing.
- loeg 11mo agoMy understanding is that most people's blood pressure does not increase in response to dietary sodium, which is the sensitivity described in this context.