Low-Salt Diets May Pose Health Risks, Study Finds
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Low-Salt Diets May Pose Health Risks, Study Finds
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#2We're finding out that fat [1] isn't actually bad for you, now salt, too. I wonder if we'll find out sugar is good for us, too, before long.
[1] http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230367840...
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#3We're finding out that fat [1] isn't actually bad for you, now salt, too. I wonder if we'll find out sugar is good for us, too, before long. [1] http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230367840...
I'm pretty sure we will. At the end of the day it's the amount of each that's consumed that matters. As the old adage goes, everything is fine in moderation.
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#4We're finding out that fat [1] isn't actually bad for you, now salt, too. I wonder if we'll find out sugar is good for us, too, before long. [1] http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230367840...
There's been some evidence that sugar is actually worse for you that we used to think.
It makes a bit of sense really. Fat and salt has always been part of the human diet, but large quantities of refined sugar are very recent.
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#5We're finding out that fat [1] isn't actually bad for you, now salt, too. I wonder if we'll find out sugar is good for us, too, before long. [1] http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230367840...
I'm pretty sure we will. At the end of the day it's the amount of each that's consumed that matters. As the old adage goes, everything is fine in moderation.
Or specifically, the laws of thermodynamics still apply.
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#6You know what would be super helpful? If scientists came up with a rating system that described how confident they were in the results from a study. That way the public would know how much weight they should give the results.
Independent body who runs a well-controlled double blinded study? A+
Biased organization who runs an analysis of questionable observational data with barely passible statistical significance? F
They already do this for cancer therapies. NCCN gives rating that describe how much evidence exists for a given therapy.
Re: Low-Salt Diets May Pose Health Risks, Study Finds
#7The new study, which tracked more than 100,000 people from 17 countries over an average of more than three years, found that those who consumed fewer than 3,000 milligrams of sodium a day had a 27% higher risk of death or a serious event such as a heart attack or stroke in that period than those whose intake was estimated at 3,000 to 6,000 milligrams. Risk of death or other major events increased with intake above 6,000 milligrams.
What are the chances that there are many other confounding factors? The first one that comes to mind is that people with extremely low sodium intakes may also be the same ones who are malnourished because they can barely afford food.
It might also be interesting to see if there's a strong correlation between sodium intake and life expectancy; comparing http://cdn.chr-hansen.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Salt_Consump... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Life_Expectancy_2005-2010_... roughly, it doesn't seem like there is much of one... and in fact the other sources I could find indicate a slight positive correlation.
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#8Come on, some common sense is needed. Salt is required by our bodies, too little and we die, too much and the same thing. Same goes for fat, sugar, vitamins, minerals, etc...
This isn't even new knowledge... Our bodies need various proteins, sugars and minerals in certain quantities - call the fucking press...
Re: Low-Salt Diets May Pose Health Risks, Study Finds
#9We're finding out that fat [1] isn't actually bad for you, now salt, too. I wonder if we'll find out sugar is good for us, too, before long. [1] http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230367840...
Arg. The findings are that low salt is bad for you, which is what people have thought for ages.
They did NOT find high salt wasn't actually bad for you.
Re: Low-Salt Diets May Pose Health Risks, Study Finds
#10We're finding out that fat [1] isn't actually bad for you, now salt, too. I wonder if we'll find out sugar is good for us, too, before long. [1] http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230367840...
There's been some evidence that sugar is actually worse for you that we used to think. It makes a bit of sense really. Fat and salt has always been part of the human diet, but large quantities of refined sugar are very recent.
Which is why America puts bread at the base of the food Pyramid, can't get enough of that sweet sugar.