Eating too LITTLE salt...

[hatt]

Quote:
may INCREASE your risk of a heart attack or stroke, claims controversial new research



Quote:
It has long been held that a diet high in salt is dangerous to the heart, raising the risk of heart attack and stroke.
But, in a dramatic U-turn, the scientific evidence has suggested the opposite can also be true.
A global study has found that, contrary to past belief, low-salt diets may not be beneficial.
Rather, they can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and death, compared with average salt consumption.
The study, published in the reputable Lancet journal, has garnered strong reaction, with one expert declaring his 'disbelief', while others are critical of the study's methods, and calling its findings into question.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/articl...l#ixzz49KyYdgwa

Yet another study telling you to just eat normal and stop listening to special interest and bureaucrats.

 

[totegoat]

I don't add salt to anything, but I was snacking on Nachos as I read this.

Carry on.

 

[Shannow]

LOL, it's been there all along, just drowning out by the "black and white" pressure groups/noise makers.

If you get back to something that resembles pre-hydrogenation, pre everything comes in a package, you are pretty well on the right track.

 

[simple_gifts]

The media doesn't know how to report science.

 

[dlundblad]

I guess proceeded food is the way to go right?

When I make my catfish bait out of strawberry coolaid, garlic and cheap $.88 hot dogs, those things will last for months and not rot. I am pretty sure if one eats enough of those dogs, they'd live forever.

 

[Al]

For many salt is a problem. It can increase BP in many people (like me). Decreasing sodium intake in some people can allowing them to reduce or eliminate diuretics for High BP. Increasing Potassium is a great thing.
Always best to read the whole story instead of assuming most of clinically researched medicine is wrong.

"In this study, people with the highest sodium intakes had a 20 percent higher risk of death from any cause than people with the lowest sodium intakes. People with the highest potassium intakes had a 20 percent lower risk of dying than people with the lowest intakes. But what may be even more important for health is the relationship of sodium to potassium in the diet: People with the highest ratio of sodium to potassium in their diets had double the risk of dying of a heart attack than people with the lowest ratio, and they had a 50 percent higher risk of death from any cause. (5)"

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/salt-and-sodium/sodium-health-risks-and-disease/

 

[Kira]

^^EXACTLY^^ Break up the diet. Cook your own food. Don't be obtuse.

On a slightly different note: I once worked with a guy who CONSTANTLY drank the free water provided.

The sweat splashed OUT of his body. It was disgusting.

This fool said, "Hey, you gotta replace what you sweat out". I was praying he'd lose all his electrolytes and crumble.

 

[Shannow]

Al,
when Edison wanted to discredit tesla he started electrocuting things and made the electric chair AC.

I find it similarly interesting that KCl is similarly used in lethal injections to stop the heart...have even read junk "health" pieces advising against Potassium intake exactly for that.

BTW, your article mentioning the two side by side is very good.

(like omega 3/6 being "essential", but only useful in balance).

I do know of a couple of local feamle health freaks (eat like rabbits, drink copious water, and exercise so that they look like cancer victims) who had temporary heart issues through insufficient salts in their bodies.

 

[Trav]

If you didn't eat everything they claim is bad for you you would starve to death.
Now they are looking at the health benefits of nicotine. I don't listen to them anymore.

http://discovermagazine.com/2014/march/13-nicotine-fix

 

[supton]

Color me a bit skeptical: I was a kid in the 80's but I recall watching the news (and Reader's Digest) and watching how one study would say this was bad only to be contradicted by a yet newer one. It's not that the studies themselves are bad as much as trying to make conclusions until said studies are examined and retested.

 

[jcwit]

Well being as I have congestive heart failure, failing kidney's, and am diabetic, with some kind of skin cancer, I'll pay attention to what my specialist tells me to do & my regulator Dr.

 

[BobsArmory]

Drinking to much water can kill you. The key? Everything in moderation.

 

[JHZR2]

Many things in the body rely upon a pretty specific balance with something else. Na and K, Ca and Mg come to mind.

It's true we only know very little yet, and genetic diversity makes statistical studies sometimes not apply correctly.

But it's so true that a good balance is the best bet (chomping on an early white radish right now).

 

[sw99]

I dont add salt to anything and the taste creeps me out. I do love my McDonalds hashbrowns though.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Came close to the congestive heart failure thing myself. If I have salt my legs balloon up and my blood pressure goes through the roof. I will continue to watch my sodium

 

[splinter]

I only eat salt for its 'fortified with iodine' goodness.

 

[andyd]

So far so good I think. I don't add salt to prepared food except for bread. and oatmeal. Fresh food and some meat will provide me with electrolytes. I can't stand the taste of energy drinks with electrolytes in them. They taste like sweat. I sweat profusely and celebrate it. Once I break a sweat, I start to feel better. I dress for heat and drink much water and juice.I worked in a shipyard. The place was broiling in the summer and freezing in winter. What I wore was very important.So I learned how to dress for extremes. I rest a good deal more than I ever did too. What ever junk food is loaded with salt .

 

[Kuato]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
The media doesn't know how to report science.


Yes...and the US media reports what they want to report, not what the facts are.


Too little salt, and the body does not retain sufficient water to function properly. Like most naturally occurring chemicals, there is a range of values that are healthy for most people. What the media doesn't seem to acknowledge is that there is a lower limit of that range in addition to an upper limit.

 

[Pop_Rivit]

It's just common sense. Processed and fast foods (a mainstay of many people's diets) are loaded with sodium, sugars and chemicals. Eat whole, healthy foods, cook the food yourself and add just a little salt, along with other herbs and spices and keep a balance that works for you. Your body needs some sodium, but your body doesn't need all the garbage that most people put into it. Combine a healthy diet with an active, healthy lifestyle and most people won't have the health issues that plague so many Americans.

At 72 I only see a doctor once a year for an annual checkup. I don't mind keeping my doctor in business, but I don't want to put his kids through college.

Originally Posted By: dlundblad
I guess proceeded food is the way to go right?


What is "proceeded" food?

 

[CarbonSteel]

Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
I guess proceeded food is the way to go right?
What is "proceeded" food?
Fairly certain autocorrect nailed him, he meant processed.