On 3/22/2010 4:16 PM, Krypsis wrote:
> On 23/03/2010 3:02 AM, Dan Abel wrote:
>> In article
>> >,
>> Cindy > wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 21, 12:30 am, > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ingesting excess salt will make you sick. It will progressively
>>>> increase
>>>> your BP over time.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, mine has shot right up to 120/70 at age 53.
>>>
>>> You're full of it.
>>
>> Or, more charitably, we could say that perhaps Krypsis has it backwards.
>> When you go to the doctor and are diagnosed with high blood pressure,
>> the first thing the doctor might advise is to restrict sodium
>> consumption. If that works, well, how easy was that? Blood pressure
>> medicines are prescription. That's because there is some risk.
>> Reducing sodium has almost no risk. It is recommended that normal
>> people keep sodium down to 2000mg a day. I can't speak for the doctors,
>> but I've heard 1500 or 1000 for restrictions. Your body needs 10.
>> That's a *lot* of wiggle room.
>>
>
> Two points I could make here.
>
> Unless you are prepared to do as Nathalie does and cook only fresh foods
> and also restrict prepackaged foods to those labelled "low salt", you
> will find it incredibly difficult to get to the level of salt
> consumption that the doctor advises.
>
> What is wrong with "prevention"??? Why not maintain a healthy diet and
> restrict salt BEFORE the need arises. Note that most of the damage done
> by an excess of salt occurs in childhood and the teen years. It only
> begins to manifest itself once you reach ~60.

Please tell us of a source in the peer-reviewed medical literature that
states that reducing salt in childhood prevents any medical condition.