In a study that seems likely to re-energize the debate over dietary salt, European researchers found that the changes in the amount of sodium excreted in the urine were related to changes in systolic blood pressure.The only thing on which you can rely is fitness.
But they were not linked to diastolic pressure or the risk of developing hypertension, according to Jan Staessen, MD, PhD, of the University of Leuven in Leuven, Belgium, and colleagues.
And levels of urinary sodium excretion were inversely related to the risk of dying of cardiovascular causes, Staessen and colleagues reported in the May 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Taken together, Staessen and colleagues argued, the findings do not support "the current recommendations of a generalized and indiscriminate reduction of salt intake at the population level."
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This is idiotic! Some people can consume vast quantities of salt with little to no effect. Then there are people like me who can drink 1 glass of low sodium V-8 juice and get heart palpitations from the sodium. I've been this way since high school. I don't add salt to anything, yet I battle hypertension daily with 2 BP meds. Don't believe everything you read. Simply put, one size does not fit all. And yes, I exercise.
Hello, Anonymous, and welcome to Fitness Watch.
Your comment REINFORCES my point.
Simply put, there are data that demonstrate opposing views and published in refereed journals suggesting validity.
Who to believe?
Fitness, as defined on a population basis, holds for the overwhelming majority.
Some individual tweaking may be needed on occasion, but the principle remains true.
Thanks for visiting and posting.
BTW, give up the exercise and do what works - training.
Further, I cannot comment on your palpitations or other health comments as I do not know you. Therefore, for my other readers, I am not confirming the veracity of Anonymous' claims.
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