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[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

It is linked to high blood pressure and people with high blood pressure should limit sodium intake. There’s genetic variation in how sensitive people are to sodium levels but excess sodium will make high blood pressure worse.

The cause of high blood pressure is more likely to be overall diet and lack of exercise with a bit of genetics sprinkled on top. But excess sodium intake will make it worse.

It’s a myth that “sodium doesn’t affect blood pressure.” Even if it’s not the cause it can make it worse.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks. If I do a search, other things like this come up that say increased potassium word be a better countermeasure than reduced sodium https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.20545

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Can confirm, multiple family members have to be careful about sodium intake. Took far longer than it should have for the root cause of the blood pressure to be identified (apparently an endocrine issue), and quite a few hospitalizations.

[–] notaviking@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, I just looked at available information. It seems like I was mistaken, ok you are right. Thank you for busting a myth about a myth for me

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 hours ago