The Truth About Salt – By a Midwestern Doctor

This reads like an LLM with no understanding of the real world. Sodium does 100% increase blood pressure. It causes fluid retention. Fluid retention increases blood volume, increased blood volume increases blood pressure. I can feel my blood pressure fluctuating throughout the day based on what I’ve had to eat.

Also, It is impossible to eliminate salt so the boogeyman of low blood pressure is unlikely. Go look at the ingredients on a can of coke. It contains 20% of your DVA of sodium. One can. One extra of one meal. To say nothing of the meal itself. Or a single serving of chips, or a cookie.

I try really, really hard and the best I can do is 25% of DVA. If you’re not paying attention it easy to get 400% of sodium DVA. (Eat one meal at a restaurant and you’re there)

Every single American could cut their sodium intake in half with no ill effect. Most people would do fine with 25% what they normally have.

Who knew LLMs would one day start shilling for Big NaCl?