Everyone knows that salt is bad for you.
Eating salt increases your blood pressure and leads to hypertension.
But what if I told you that everything you heard about salt and sodium is just another nutrition lie?
I know this is hard to believe…
After all, every health institution, nutritionist and fitness website under the sun tells you to avoid salt.
But the truth is that the guidelines on salt from the American Heart Association (AHA) are too low, and even downright dangerous if you exercise a lot.
Your body NEEDS salt to be healthy.
Even worse — if you eat a very low salt diet, you’re setting yourself up for:
– Increased insulin resistance
– Increased blood triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and stress hormones
– Increased risk of stroke and heart attack
– Increased arterial plaque formation
– Overtraining – like symptoms including hypertension and sleeping disorders
Salt is simply NOT the enemy for 99% of people.
(The only reason you’d want to watch your salt intake very closely is if you have specific renal or kidney problems, or osteoporosis.)
HOWEVER, not all salts are created equal –far from it.
Always try to avoid common refined salt (table salt), and use unrefined salt instead.
Refined salt contains 97.5% sodium, the rest being a bunch of added chemicals like ferrocyanide, fluoride and aluminosilicate — which you definitely do NOT want in your food…
On the other hand, pure unrefined salt contains 84% sodium, the rest being 16% of essential trace minerals and other micronutrients.
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