Del Cecchi wrote:
>
> "Frater Mus" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Tue, 10 May 2005 at 21:42 GMT, > wrote:
> >
> >> If salt were as bad as the medical types would lead us to believe, the
> >> human species would not have survived.
> >
> > Last time I was reading up on it, I think it was the case that only
> > about 10% of hypertensives were sensitive to salt.
> >
> Only got to live to be about 40 to have kids and raise them.
> I heard it was about a third, but there is also some data that says it gets
> to you eventually.
>
> You can have pretty high blood pressure and last a long time before your
> heart goes, your kidneys go, or you have a stroke.
>
> Up to you. best to reduce your salt consumption to a reasonable level
>
> del cecchi

Also in the past salt was extremely valuable, indicating that most
people didn't get very much of it anyway.