Health Buzz: Eating Less Salt May Not Help Heart Health

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Khraa of AK 4:28PM October 30, 2011

Ah! I read this. The doctor is stupid! I almost eat a little bit of salt but not much salt. Less salt is good for my health. My another doctor is such clever.
Please you don't get much salt so you would be sick.

Kitty 1:35AM May 07, 2011

Ah! I read this. The doctor is stupid! I almost eat a little bit of salt but not much salt. Less salt is good for my health. My another doctor is such clever.
Please you don't get much salt so you would be sick.

Kitty 1:28AM May 07, 2011

Eating less salt doesn't mean healthier heart, but eating more salt does mean ill heart.
http://healthfount.com

Andrew of NY 4:38PM May 04, 2011

The article referenced criticism: "it doesn't prove cause and effect because it only observed people and did not involve testing an intervention."
I don't understand how it doesn't prove cause and effect due to no intervention. There was a control group and an experimental group. How does testing an intervention stand as the barrier to establishing a modus ponens relationship?
But then again, I'm a graduate student of computer science. I've read the abstracts of some humanities research publications and was shocked at the lack of utility and significance. Maybe biology can be a crappy field sometimes, too.

Brian C. of CA 1:25PM May 04, 2011

like this is something new?

alan of MO 12:25PM May 04, 2011

poorly written with no sources or proof for what you are writing.

sdrfhsrgsetg of WA 12:22PM May 04, 2011

The recently reported Belgian study suggests that there are a group of individuals who tolerate high salt intake without adverse effects, but should not be interpreted to mean that there is no overall risk for the general population. The study involves an inherent selection bias, in that individuals with high salt intake and hypertension or cardiovascular disease were excluded, and so a contribution of salt intake to their condition was not evaluated. The participants were also relatively young, and the conclusions therefore are also difficult to extrapolate to older individuals at higher risk for hypertenion and cardiovascular disease. It seems clear from this and other studies that the population is heterogeneous in its response to salt intake, and individuals should tailor their own eating habits with this in mind.

Fred Moolten of PA 12:06PM May 04, 2011

Tell that to the SURGEON GENERAL MAYOR IN NYC

SAM of KY 12:02PM May 04, 2011

I believe the Medical Community has become disfunctional when it comes to proper diet. To this day we do not hear anything of the importance of Vitamin D3 in the prevention of : Heart Disease, Diabetes Mialitus, High Blood Pressure, Cancer, Mental Disorder and there is probably much more. This so called Vitamin is really a Hormone, produced by the skin from sunlight. It is virtually harmless and very inexpensive, BUT DO DOCTORS PRESCRIBE IT TO ALL THEIR PATIENTS????
The answer is NO. WHY??????????????

John W Wittenberg of IN 11:59AM May 04, 2011