Is Salt Actually Bad For You? | Jason Fung

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Being retired and reading all week long on optimum health for years, I have studied the recommendations of 40-50 docs. This MD is the one I have come to trust the most. His books literally saved my life.

9 months after I started a keto diet my blood pressure dropped from 140/90 down to 90/68 over a period of two weeks. It has since come back up a little to 110/70 and stayed there for the last 7 years. In my experience not eating large amounts of sugar and starch has an enormously larger effect on blood pressure than salt does.

Thank you for exposing the bias in medical research. Just me, but I have been eating lots of salt and I have lower blood pressure than I have ever had. I cut out carbs and processed foods, and have been intermittent fasting. The results are amazing!

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Salt is the most natural mineral to consume. We need salt for electrolytes, and normalisation of blood pressure and other blood markers. 🤓 Whatever big pharma or big food point to as bad, just do the opposite 😃

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Im so glad there are smart people like you to review such topics. Thank you.

Nice to see a nephrologist take this on. A study did show an upper intake of 12,000mg (~3.5 teaspoons) of salt per day increased mortality due to heart disease. The "middle ground" allows for safe and beneficial intake in excess of current recommendations. It's important to point out the difference between refined salt (which is just processed sodium chloride with preservatives like sodium ferrocyanide, ammonium citrate, or aluminum citrate) and unrefined salt (which is balanced with many other essential elements). I don't believe any studies have factored that variable, particularly over time, but it's an important one.

Few years ago i stopped adding salt to my food because some guy said it was bad for health. First three days my muscles would and joints could barely move and I had pains trying to bend my arms. After a week my body adapted but now i started getting heart palpitations and chest pains, it took me several months to figure out it was the lack of salts that was causing this, when i finally started adding salt again my heart palpitations and chest pains went away.. Salt is essentiel for my wellbeing 🙏

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Just as the demonization of saturated fats has now stopped. the demonization of salt must stop too. Both saturated fats and salt are very valuable to good health.

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Dr fung..i gotta say, you are bringing so much enlightenment and clarity to such a dark and confused world. Much respect! As a nurse, i would love to work with you.

Yes, indeed your are the most credible of all the reports that I have read in my 80 yrs. Thank!

I told my doctor I quit taking statins, he warned against this. I told him I got this. Continued to exercise and eat right. Last visit my LDL was 69, and my Blood pressure was 117/65. He didn't want to talk about it. LOL

Well said. Looking forward to hearing more about salt next time.

Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Dr. Fung. Love your videos