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Re:Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this soon... by astura on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:42PM (#15485119)
I don't doubt that you might have benefited from a reduction in sodium intake but most people won't. The majority of people are not hypersensitive to sodium[1]. Limiting salt to some arbitrarily low number can have negative side effects, for example, my vegetable consumption went up dramatically when I let go of my anxiety over putting salt on them.

[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-end-t...

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Re:Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this soon... by PatientTrader on Monday October 16, 2017 @04:14PM (#15486296)
Keep in mind that fast food companies and a large share of food manufactures thrive on using high amounts of sodium in their processed foods to increase shelf life and improve margins (i.e. from factory until bought by consumer). I don't doubt the validity of that research, but I would be interested to see who funded it. And of course all humans need sodium to maintain a healthy balance, but many foods we eat today unexpectedly have excessive amounts of sodium in them.
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