Study says salt may not be all bad for youSalt, the villain of numerous public health campaigns, including one in San Diego County, isn't such a negative after all.
The sodium consumed with salt is widely supposed to raise blood pressure and increase the rate of cardiovascular disease. But that position, endorsed by the American Heart Association and the Centers for Disease Control, has been disputed in recent studies in peer-reviewed journals that fail to find health risks for most Americans in their salt consumption.
Now a study published today points to an unexpected benefit of salt: It fights infections.
So, basically, the American Heart Association, the AMA, Michael Bloomberg and the federal government have been recommending starvation levels of salt for years. I wonder how many people died as a result.
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