Fri, May-17-13, 08:10
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Plan: mostly milkfat
Stats: 190/152.4/154
BF:
Progress: 104%
Location: Ontario
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Originally Posted by deirdra
It now seems that salt plots like cholesterol with a U-shaped curve of # of deaths on the y-axis versus amount of salt (or cholesterol) on the x-axis. Too much is bad, but too little could kill you too. I can't believe they continued the study as the low-salters were dying at twice the rate of the moderate-salters.
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Even here, there's no guarantee that the very high salt consumers are hurt by their salt consumption as such--there might be something happening in their bodies that increases salt appetite. Even if smoking and other factors were accounted for, I doubt that subtle hormonal effects on salt consumption would be.
Increased specific appetites for fat, carbohydrate, salt etc., can as easily be a symptom as a cause of disease. |