Re: What To Look For In A Refrigerator?

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Now the facts are these. Sodium or salt does not CAUSE hypertension, it merely aggravates the condition. About six percent of the population has hypertension and about half of those have the kind that doesn't take kindly to salt.

Not so....sodium/salt causes fluid retention, which alone can cause hypertension and congestive heart failure. There are other causes for hypertension, but fluid retention would aggravate all forms, whatever the cause.

Bottom line: 97% of the population can use as much salt as they want with NO adverse health problems. Several studies have been done where test subjects ingested up to 25 GRAMS of salt per day for extended periods with no adverse effects. Anyone who's ever eaten in a military mess hall can verify this.

Folks who have even the risk factors for hypertension, without evident disease, should limit their salt. A stroke or heart attack can be the first "proof" of hypertension, and that can be too late.

My hubby was on meds for hypertension for about 10 years, which kept it very well controlled.....so well that he decided to quit his meds because he felt so good. I was away for a wedding, and when I returned, he wasn't feeling well. Next morning he was in distress. After being stabilized in hospital, the docs pumped a quart of fluid out of his chest cavity. An extra quart of "breathing room" makes a hell of a difference. His idiot decision led to discovery of 90% blockage of a coronary artery, just in time to prevent heart attack.

There have been steady and frightening increases in juvenile obesity and, with it, high blood cholesterol levels. These are very young people headed for heart disease and they should not be taking in the amounts of salt that you suggest are "ok"....kidney disease and diabetes follow, another reason to limit salt.
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