I've been hearing a lot lately saying that salt is not bad for you. Usually when some studies say that fat or sugar is good for you it is usually being spun poorly by the media. I hope this is not the case with salt because it is definitely my favourite spice. Somehow I can't believe that something so delicious can be good for me though.
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I get your skepticism. As you say, when something that you like turns out to be "healthy", it feels like you just passed through a portal into the wrong universe... but I've done quite a lot of technical reading on this now. All the references to salt being bad for your cardiovascular health come back to the same couple of very poor studies. That's not acceptable for a universal medical paradigm. When you have to genetically alter rats to make them sensitive to salt, then extrapolate experiments on them as proof that salt is bad for humans, you know you're dealing with shoddy experimental methodology. I'd say cut back on sugar—we know that stuff's bad for you—and enjoy salt with your food and you'll be a lot better off than if you do the reverse! :)
Good to know. After watching What the Health last night I can believe it. A lot of the salt recommendations come from the associations that are mentioned in that documentary.