"aem" > wrote in message
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> On Mar 16, 8:02 am, "rosie" > wrote:
>>
>> [snip] The salt is bad too but it makes things taste good. I try to not
>> salt my food, and occasionally give myself a little treat, and have
>> have some.
>
> Why do people keep saying this? Salt is not bad for most people.
> Reducing salt intake is recommended for those people who already have
> high blood pressure. It is not recommended for anyone else. All this
> bland food being unnecessarily eaten by people who think they are
> eating "healthy" makes me shudder. -aem

To add to this, salt is not necessarily bad for all people with high blood
pressure, it varies case by case. Reducing salt intake is usually
recommended as a means of finding if it is the contributing cause, but there
are other reasons for HBP, some of which are hereditary vs. dietary, or are
stress-related. I'm one of those people who has HBP "just because". It
doesn't run in my family, and reducing salt had no affect.

Sharon