The Salt Myth: Why Everything You’ve Heard Is Wrong - AI Podcast

11 Jul 2025 • 7 min • EN
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Story at-a-glance For 50 years, medicine has waged a misguided war against critical sources of health like salt and sunlight while avoiding discussing the real causes of diseases. Because of this, the dangers of salt are relentlessly focused on despite evidence not supporting them In parallel, the extreme dangers of consuming too little salt are rarely discussed in the medical field — despite dangerously low sodium being one of the most common conditions seen in hospitalized patients, and chronically low sodium greatly increasing one’s risk of dying The war against salt originated from the belief salt raises blood pressure — despite the evidence showing it doesn’t Many of the foundational beliefs around high blood pressure are not supported by the existing data, leading to situations where patients are routinely medicated to blood pressures far below what is safe, significantly reducing their quality of life and increasing their risk of severe injuries or death Salt restriction creates many similar complications to dangerously low blood pressures (e.g., fatigue, lightheadedness, erectile dysfunction). Because of this, many find their health and energy dramatically improves once they start consuming healthy salts

From "Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health"

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