Dear Mark: Salt and Blood Pressure

December 26, 2011

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Salt” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/salt.jpg” alt=”salt” width=”320″ height=”212″ /The salt debate rages on outside these halls, but I#8217;ve never really opened MDA#8217;s doors to the tempest (beyond a short dalliance several years ago). Today, though, I am. We#8217;ve likely all consumed a fair bit of sodium chloride over the past holiday weekend, and I imagine a few of us are wondering whether that#8217;s a problem or not. Ever timely, reader John has written in with his salt story and a simple question: how much salt is suitable for humans?/p
pHere#8217;s his question:/p
blockquotepI went Primal last year, and I#8217;m down about 25 to 30 pounds and blood pressure is lowered. I have definitely followed your advice on low salt. For example, if I buy tomato sauce or paste, I get the #8220;No Salt#8221;, and I buy the low salt cashews, preferably with sea salt. What do you think about this new research that […]

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