Comment Re:Is there evidence salt is bad for normal people (Score 1) 62
Salt is absolutely necessary for the human body to function. Low salt diets may be necessary for people with heart conditions, but their issues are a bad heart. If you want to reduce blood pressure, stop eating foods that hurt your body. Foods that raise your blood sugars (way past what they should be), foods full of inflammatory additives, foods that have weird chemicals in them. Foods that require lots of insulin to bring your sugars back down and are also processed cause inflammation in the arteries and that in turn can result in blockage, hardening of the arteries, and high blood pressure. Many people who get into low carb/high fat diets reverse their inflammation and lower their blood pressure and still eat salt. Also, eating a good salt is important. I use Celtic Sea Salt. It's a totally different salt than table salt. I'm not even sure table salt is really salt.