EAT MORE SALT

Salt does not increase blood pressure

 

FACTS:

• The best amount of salt to keep blood pressure normal is 6-9000 mg/day

• Sodium is not harmful when combined with chloride, potassium or magnesium 2

• The chloride ions in salt are essential for digestion, necessary for making hydrochloric acid in the stomach3

• Salt improves sleep by increasing serotonin production

• The best salt is sea salt, unbleached and free of micro plastics. The best tested salt is Jacobsen, Kirkland Signature Sea Salt and Vancouver Island Sea Salt

• Bleached table salt is NOT good; many sea salts have more chloride than sodium

• The older you get your blood pressure should increase4

• “In patients with heart failure, a dietary intervention to reduce sodium intake did not reduce clinical events” 1

• 4 cups of coffee per day depletes about 1 tsp of salt through urination.  The current  recommended salt intake it is only 1 tsp of salt per day or less; which means if you drink coffee you are not getting the salt you need

 

SOURCES:

1. JAMA internal Medicine 2018; 178 (12):1693-1700

2. PMC, NCBI.NLM.gov/articles/PMC6627949

3. TandFonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/07853899109148064

4. 2016 Tel Aviv blood pressure study

 

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Cholesterol does NOT cause heart problems

And

Statin drugs do nothing but harm.

Facts:

• ‘Normal’ cholesterol numbers are made up figures with no scientific basis

• ‘Normal’ total cholesterol should be 200-300 and even that is a guess

• Lowest deaths are people with cholesterol levels of 210-2501

• At 120, your risk of death is 2.5X than at 210

• At 300, your risk of death is 1.3X than at 210

• It is better to be above 210 than below

• At 120 your risk of stroke triples that of normal levels

• The higher your cholesterol is as you age, the longer you live!2

• Low LDL is associated with greater risk of cancer6

• Higher cholesterol protects against infections and atherosclerosis (plaquing)3

• Eat more red meat for better health

• Doctors have been misled completely on statin efficacy and use4

• Statins are leading to cognitive/dementia problems in older adults5

 

Sources:

1. The LDL Paradox: Higher LDL Cholesterol is Associated with Greater Longevity-Meddocsonline.org/annals of Epidemiology and public health 

2. Total Cholesterol and All-cause Mortality by Sex and Age – pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30733566

3. High Cholesterol protects against infections and atherosclerosis – academic.oup.com

4. Statin Wars: have we been misled about the evidence? – BJSM.BMJ.com (search Statin Wars)

5. Risks of Statin Therapy in Older Adults – JAMANETWORK.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2628968

6. PMC.NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov/articles/pmc1934492