Low Salt = Poor Health

LOW SALT = INSULIN RESISTANCE

At least 14 human clinical studies show that low-salt diets lead to insulin resistance, elevated fasting glucose/insulin and elevated glucose/insulin levels to an oral glucose tolerance test.


LOW SALT = LOWER STOMACH ACID

We need the chloride in salt to make hydrochloric acid so we can DIGEST FOOD, ABSORB NUTRIENTS and KILL PATHOGENS!

Low-salt diets LOWER GASTRIC ACID SECRETION

(Reference – Kothari ML et al. Reduction of gastric acid secretion on a low-salt diet and furosemide. Gut. 1969)


LOW SALT = DEHYDRATION

The blood pressure lowering effects of a low-salt diet is due to DEHYDRATION via VOLUME DEPLETION. This leads to poor exercise performance and even heat stroke in the heat.

(Reference – Taylor HL et al. The effect of the sodium chloride intake on the work performance of man during exposure to dry heat and experimental heat exhaustion. 1943.)


LOW SALT = INSOMNIA

Low salt activates our stress hormones and reduces the efficiency of sleep.

(Reference – Vitiello MV et al. Sodium-restricted diet increases nighttime plasma norepinephrine and impairs sleep patterns in man. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1983


LOW SALT = FATIGUE

Salt is needed to maintain magnesium, potassium and calcium balance and to produce ATP for energy.

(Reference - Wassertheil-Smoller, S., et al. The Trial of Antihypertensive Interventions and Management (TAIM) Study. Final results with regard to blood pressure, cardiovascular risk, and quality of life. Am J Hypertens. 1992).

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