Salt 101: The History of Salt
A very brief history of salt + you.
In this blog you will learn
The history of Salt + Sodium.
How you evolved with sodium.
Why sodium was demonised.
Why you should eat more salt.
Welcome, fellow citizen scientist, to Salt 101.
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💪 Physical Health
- 🧠 Brain Health
- 🫀 Circulatory Health
- 👅 Metabolic Health
- 👤 Cellular Health
You're one salty organism 💧
Yep, that's right. You evolved from an extremely salty environment, and took with you the ability to thrive in not-so-salty environments with bodily systems that control the precise electrolyte levels that facilitates cell life.
But isn't salt bad for you?
Something doesn't add up here...
So, despite 80% of the population not seeing the blood pressure raising effect of high salt, a blanket low-salt guideline was administered across the total population, in an attempt to curb cardiovascular events. Furthermore, reducing salt intake to around 2,300mg / day (1 tsp) only saw an insignificant 1% drop in blood pressure, where, the negative side effects of reducing ones salt intake are far worse than the blood pressure reducing effects experienced.
Despite an overwhelming amount of critics advocating against this high-salt, high blood pressure theory, it was taken to the mainstream population prematurely, without sufficient evidence supporting its claims. Instead, if they had looked at the all important point of why salt may increase blood pressure in some, and not in others, they would have found it had nothing to do with salt, and in fact, addressing the underlying issue would completely fix one's salt sensitivity.
What causes high blood pressure?
So why should you eat more salt?
So what is salt anyway?
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