The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got it All Wrong......opinions ?

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Thor

I've just started reading this book - The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got it All Wrong and How Eating More Might Save Your Life

any one used this and got any results?

Some years ago I got bronchitis, was serious for some time, and also diagnosed with high BP.
After that I've been working on cutting out salt as much as possible, but no results and then I find this.




'Dr DiNicolantonio takes us away from hype and hyperbole to a place of rationality as it relates to salt. This extensively researched text lets us finally erase the guilt all of us felt when catering to our desire for this important mineral.' David Perlmutter, MD

A leading cardiovascular research scientist upends the low-salt myth, proving that salt may be one solution to - rather than a cause of - the chronic disease crisis.

We've all heard the recommendation: no more than a teaspoon of salt a day for a healthy heart. But there's one big problem with this: the majority of us don't need to watch our salt. For most, salt protects against a host of aliments, including internal starvation, insulin resistance, diabetes and heart disease - not to mention, it tastes great. Dr DiNicolantonio reveals the eye-opening story, a never-been-told, century-spanning drama of competing egos and interests, of how salt became unfairly demonised. (The real culprit? Another white crystal - sugar).

Sure to change the conversation about this historically treasured substance, The Salt Fix elegantly weaves research into a fascinating new understanding of salt's essential role in your health and what happens when you aren't getting enough.

Dr DiNicolantonio shows how eating the right amount of this essential mineral will help you beat sugar cravings, achieve weight loss, improve athletic performance, increase fertility and thrive with a healthy heart. Finally, he offers a transformative six-step programme for re-calibrating your innate salt thermostat so that you can simply listen to your cravings to achieve your ideal salt intake.
 
Salt is an acquired taste. When you get used to consuming less salt, food you used to eat will taste too salty.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/take-it-with-a-grain-of-salt has sources of salt.
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Here is a table from the book.
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Do you really think the highly-processed foods with lots of artificially-added salt are better for you than less-processed foods?
 
ph1l said:
Salt is an acquired taste. When you get used to consuming less salt, food you used to eat will taste too salty.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/take-it-with-a-grain-of-salt has sources of salt.
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Here is a table from the book.
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Do you really think the highly-processed foods with lots of artificially-added salt are better for you than less-processed foods?
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Processed foods yes, but not just salt, chemicals.

Our fast food, processed lifestyle is killing us.
 
As far as salt intake and blood pressure is concerned, it might be possible to check this relatively easily. For example, in the waiting area to my doctor's surgery is a blood pressure monitor. Anyone can walk in and take their blood pressure and get a printed set of readings. No appointment or checking in necessary. This cannot be a unique arrangement. In any case, its possible to get your own BP monitor without great expense and monitor your own BP.

However, as a general rule when considering scientific issues I am not trained and educated to resolve, I tend to go with the majority view of those who have been. Dr. Dinicolantonio seems to be in a minority of 1. I won't be buying the book. Or more salt.
 
tomorton said:
As far as salt intake and blood pressure is concerned, it might be possible to check this relatively easily. For example, in the waiting area to my doctor's surgery is a blood pressure monitor. Anyone can walk in and take their blood pressure and get a printed set of readings. No appointment or checking in necessary. This cannot be a unique arrangement. In any case, its possible to get your own BP monitor without great expense and monitor your own BP.

However, as a general rule when considering scientific issues I am not trained and educated to resolve, I tend to go with the majority view of those who have been. Dr. Dinicolantonio seems to be in a minority of 1. I won't be buying the book. Or more salt.
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The majority view have been fooling you for decades that fats were very very bad for you. We KNOW it is the sugar.

Likewise, everyone keeps saying that salt is very very bad for you. I have hypertension, and have been measured below the average low limit for sodium in the blood. For that very reason! I do not add salt to foods, I do not eat very salty foods. I avoid salts at all costs. So my sodium levels are below normal, but my BP is high.

Just shows to go that there is no one-size-fits-all in diet. Some people need less salt, some need more. There are too many variables that affect our body vehicle, and to pin it on one mineral or element is the way of the secular food industry.

But the one thing we ALL need is to eat more red meat. We need to eat more cows. Because red meat makes the human brain bigger and smarter, as it has for the last 45,000 years. But in less than 2 generations of vegan fags crying about killing the delicate cow, people have been getting stupider and stupider.
 
Overnight said:
But the one thing we ALL need is to eat more red meat. We need to eat more cows. Because red meat makes the human brain bigger and smarter, as it has for the last 45,000 years. But in less than 2 generations of vegan fags crying about killing the delicate cow, people have been getting stupider and stupider.
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Some of us have enough estrogen.:D
https://www.drcarney.com/blog/entry/eating-meat-raises-estrogen-at-cellular-levels
Eating Meat Raises Estrogen at Cellular Levels
Linda Carney MD October 4, 2016

We see the evidence of over estrogenization all around us. Men and women, boys and girls in modern society are all suffering. Over estrogenization is closely related to the amount of excess weight we carry. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 70 percent of adults are overweight, and nearly 38 percent are obese. Seventeen percent of children ages six to 11 are obese, and the obesity rate for teens is 20 percent. Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease are all complications associated with overweight. But the effects of too much estrogen are similarly damaging, and we do not need to be overweight or obese before we experience the effects. Breast and prostate cancer are both related to excess amounts of estrogen. Women suffer from heavy, painful periods and difficult menopause. Too much estrogen causes girls to go through puberty too early even while excess estrogen delays puberty for boys.

Eating meat is one of the eight factors which contributes to over estrogenization. In modern farming practice, animals are exposed both intentionally and unintentionally to excess estrogen. When we eat the flesh of these animals, we are likewise exposed to excess amounts of this hormone.

One tactic farmers use to raise production and profits is giving cattle subcutaneous implants of estrogen, alone or in combination with other hormones. This causes the animals to mature and put on weight faster, speeding their entrance into the human food chain. But a more insidious source of estrogen is poultry litter (also called broiler litter). The University of Missouri Extension Office explains it this way:

Beef cattle have the ability to digest low-cost feedstuffs that are not usable by other livestock species. One such feedstuff is poultry litter, which provides opportunities for both the poultry producer and the beef cattle producer. The large quantities of litter produced during modern poultry production are expensive to dispose of safely; moreover, protein is typically the most expensive ingredient in ruminant diets. Feeding poultry litter is a means of disposing of a waste product while concurrently supplying a low-cost protein feed to beef cattle.

According to the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, there is currently "no federal laws or regulations [controlling] the sale or use of broiler litter as a feed ingredient." Although not fed to milk cows due to possible drug residues from the medications given to poultry, litter is fed to brood cows and stocker cattle (cattle headed for the beef market).

Wikipedia spells out what is contained in poultry litter. This waste-turned-cattle-feed is made up of poultry excrement, spilled feed, feathers, and used bedding. Materials used for bedding include "wood shavings, sawdust, peanut hulls, shredded sugar cane, straw, and other dry, absorbent, low-cost organic materials. Sand is also occasionally used as bedding." Unfortunately, poultry litter naturally contains very high levels of estrogen. Heifers fed poultry litter have been known to exhibit premature udder development and lactation from the increased estrogen entering their systems.

Chickens aren't the only animals who excrete hormones in their waste; all animals do, including humans. The runoff from farm and other waste makes its way into the water cycle, and is a possible source of estrogen exposure for fish. National Geographic reports that 19 natural wildlife refuges in the Northeast are teeming with fish exhibiting signs of estrogen exposure. Scientists are finding that 60 to 100 percent of smallmouth male bass in the refuges have eggs developing in their testes.

Of course, not all estrogen comes from an animal's food or environment. Cows and other female animals naturally produce estrogen. When we eat their meat, we are exposed to the natural estrogens which those animals produce.

Eliminating meat and animal products from our diet is an important way to limit our exposure to excess estrogen. When we eliminate meat, we also eliminate a significant source of cholesterol, and we lower our risk of cancer and heart disease.
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Thor said:
I've just started reading this book - The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got it All Wrong and How Eating More Might Save Your Life

any one used this and got any results?

Some years ago I got bronchitis, was serious for some time, and also diagnosed with high BP.
After that I've been working on cutting out salt as much as possible, but no results and then I find this.




'Dr DiNicolantonio takes us away from hype and hyperbole to a place of rationality as it relates to salt. This extensively researched text lets us finally erase the guilt all of us felt when catering to our desire for this important mineral.' David Perlmutter, MD

A leading cardiovascular research scientist upends the low-salt myth, proving that salt may be one solution to - rather than a cause of - the chronic disease crisis.

We've all heard the recommendation: no more than a teaspoon of salt a day for a healthy heart. But there's one big problem with this: the majority of us don't need to watch our salt. For most, salt protects against a host of aliments, including internal starvation, insulin resistance, diabetes and heart disease - not to mention, it tastes great. Dr DiNicolantonio reveals the eye-opening story, a never-been-told, century-spanning drama of competing egos and interests, of how salt became unfairly demonised. (The real culprit? Another white crystal - sugar).

Sure to change the conversation about this historically treasured substance, The Salt Fix elegantly weaves research into a fascinating new understanding of salt's essential role in your health and what happens when you aren't getting enough.

Dr DiNicolantonio shows how eating the right amount of this essential mineral will help you beat sugar cravings, achieve weight loss, improve athletic performance, increase fertility and thrive with a healthy heart. Finally, he offers a transformative six-step programme for re-calibrating your innate salt thermostat so that you can simply listen to your cravings to achieve your ideal salt intake.
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Monitor your weight.

If you intake/retain too much salt, your body will compensate by retaining water to balance out the salt.

As I understand it, the greater the fluid retention; the greater the strain on the cardiovascular system.

Keep us posted about your salt intake and your weight gain/loss.
 
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