from: www.forum.onlineopinion.com.au
Posted by Ludwig, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 12:39:28 PM
Response:
Reducing salt consumption is an important factor in reducing blood pressure. Perhaps even more important is switching the salt you do use from the highly refined table salt to naturally harvested salts full of beneficial minerals.
Mind you, the cause of 90% of high blood pressure is ‘unknown’. But there is still lot you can do to reduce it – like eating dark chocolate and drinking a glass of red wine everyday, after your 30 minute walk outside.
I like my salt, but I also lose a lot of salt just about every day, from extensive sweating due to a good hard hike or run most days and bushwalking most weekends. My blood pressure is excellent and always has been.
Can salt have negative effects such as contributing to the hardening of your arteries and hence to an increased likelihood of heart attack or stroke, while outwardly appearing to present no problem if your blood pressure remains good?
If you sweat a lot, how do you know how much salt is too much?