Isn't that just clinging to the old advice without evidence? This study shows it has no effect. A lesser restriction would logically also have no effect.
Let's give up on the old urban legend that salt has f-all to do with heart health.
Let's give up on the old urban legend that salt has f-all to do with heart health.
How can you "logically" come to that conclusion?
People had this weird rage boner against cholesterol. Cholesterol in the blood is bad. So cholesterol in food must be bad too. This is based on the ridiculous assumption that your body just dumps the cholesterol in your body with no processing or regulation of cholesterol in the blood. Suddenly, there is this relevation that cholesterol in eggs is no longer harmful and you can eat as many eggs as you want. In fact, science has progressed so far that total cholesterol levels predict nothing if you adjust for oxidized cholesterol. If you are in a hurry to oxidize your cholesterol just smoke cigarettes or eat heat processed fats/transfats. The saturated fat scare also feels completely pointless. Saturated fats are solid at room temperature and they are harder to oxidize which means all the supposed harmful effects are overshadowed by the fact that they extend your lifespan. People care about avoiding specific causes of death but if your cells simply get damaged slower because they are less reactive? Nobody gives a damn.
How far away are we from reaching that understanding for salt?
Let's get our 'simple chemistry' right.
Which is why your body has means to get rid of salt.
> That's just simple chemistry
sure, but biology is what we are talking about here, and biology is more complex.
Can you explain why you think salt raises blood pressure?
That's the very simple chemistry behind salt increasing blood pressure. The biology is more complex and the effect isn't necessarily long lasting or linear, but there is indeed a direct relationship between sodium intake -> blood pressure.
So can you eat a lot of salt if you drink a gallon or more of water with it?