THANK YOU to @allthehealthy for this great post! "I strongly encourage everyone to check out this well-researched book by @drjamesdinic. What you think you know about salt is wrong. Salt does not cause high blood pressure. In more than half of people who already have hypertension, decreasing salt intake is ineffective and potentially harmful. The initial studies that created the salt-blood pressure hypothesis were performed on rats modified to be salt-sensitive and shouldn’t have been applied to the general population. Salt is a nutrient, not an additive like sugar. We evolved in saltwater. The dietary guidelines for sodium are based on the minimum amount needed to survive, not what is needed to thrive. Perversely, decreasing salt intake in the healthy adult population has led to *increased obesity and cardiac disease,* as salt has been replaced with sugar as a preservative and flavoring agent. Much of the research that supports this widely held misconception was funded by the sugar industry. Behold the power of capitalism." #unapologeticsaltbae #saltfix #saltisanutrient #saltislife #healthyeating