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Salt, Blood Pressure, and Libido: Highlights from the book The Salt Fix
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<blockquote data-quote="Guided_by_Voices" data-source="post: 262248" data-attributes="member: 15235"><p>Without reading these in detail...sometimes correlation really isn't causation, since</p><p></p><p>-higher sodium in the absence of appropriate potassium could cause issues, as is described in the book, however the solution is usually to increase potassium</p><p>- high sodium intake is almost certainly a marker for high intake of processed food and all the badness that comes with it,</p><p>- as mentioned above, the body can easily (assuming healthy kidneys) eliminate "excess" sodium,</p><p>- and most importantly, if salt was an issue, the (non-industrialized) cultures that consume high amounts but are otherwise healthy should see issues, but they don't.</p><p></p><p>This is all covered in much greater detail in the book. Additionally, there is clearly massive confirmation bias in salt studies, similar to the breakfast is good for you and meat is bad for you biases.</p><p></p><p>As a side note, FMD was a big point of contention in the early days of keto and my takeaway at the time is that it is nowhere near as straightforward as many make it out to be. Peter at Hyperlipid did an analysis, as did others and the bottom line from him and others, is that without other clear forms of evidence to confirm harm, it's not very reliable. I'll happily trade some short term vascular stress in order to maintain a margin of safety over a low sodium state.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guided_by_Voices, post: 262248, member: 15235"] Without reading these in detail...sometimes correlation really isn't causation, since -higher sodium in the absence of appropriate potassium could cause issues, as is described in the book, however the solution is usually to increase potassium - high sodium intake is almost certainly a marker for high intake of processed food and all the badness that comes with it, - as mentioned above, the body can easily (assuming healthy kidneys) eliminate "excess" sodium, - and most importantly, if salt was an issue, the (non-industrialized) cultures that consume high amounts but are otherwise healthy should see issues, but they don't. This is all covered in much greater detail in the book. Additionally, there is clearly massive confirmation bias in salt studies, similar to the breakfast is good for you and meat is bad for you biases. As a side note, FMD was a big point of contention in the early days of keto and my takeaway at the time is that it is nowhere near as straightforward as many make it out to be. Peter at Hyperlipid did an analysis, as did others and the bottom line from him and others, is that without other clear forms of evidence to confirm harm, it's not very reliable. I'll happily trade some short term vascular stress in order to maintain a margin of safety over a low sodium state. [/QUOTE]
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