Category Archives: Sodium

The Main Problem With Table Salt

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Robert Barrington

Table salt is chemically sodium chloride. Sodium and chloride (actually the ions of sodium metal and chlorine gas) are essential elements required by humans to remain healthy. The main problem with salt is that people tend to eat too much … Continue reading →

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Crisps: How Bad Are They?

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Crisps are a popular food and often found in pack lunches. Many people happily consume a packet of crisps each day, oblivious to the damaging health effects they can have. The first thing to say is that apart from energy, … Continue reading →

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What Is The Sodium to Potassium Ratio in The Western Diet

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Robert Barrington

The sodium to potassium ratio in the diet plays an important role in the regulation of intracellular and extracellular fluid, as well as the regulation of neuronal activity. This is why the potassium to sodium ratio of the diet is … Continue reading →

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Sodium, Potassium and Blood Pressure

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Cardiovascular disease is often accompanied by blood pressure increases, which likely contribute to the pathology of the disease. One nutritional strategy that is often suggested to counter these rises is a reduction in sodium intake. The traditional medical view is … Continue reading →

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Nice Data, Poor Conclusion: More Sodium Pseudoscience

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The mainstream medical establishment still pushes the paradigm that salt (sodium chloride) is a cause of high blood pressure. However, for the general population, those with good health, this is not evidenced in the scientific literature. Healthy individuals who increase … Continue reading →

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Added Salt in Processed Foods

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Robert Barrington

High intakes of single macrominerals can have detrimental effects on health. The reason for this is that macromineral intakes must be balanced to maintain health. This relates to the way the macrominerals, sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium and calcium, maintain the … Continue reading →

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Problems with Low Sodium Diet Studies

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Robert Barrington

It is claimed that sodium has detrimental effects on blood pressure. High sodium intakes have been suggested to be responsible as a causative agent in high blood pressure, and low sodium diets are one of the primary treatments for hypertension. … Continue reading →

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Potassium to Sodium Ratio

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Salt Substitutes Lower Blood Pressure: In Salt Sensitive Individual

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Many experts still claim that high salt diets cause blood pressure increases. However this viewpoint is disingenuous, and the contention that sodium chloride is the cause of high blood pressure is either deliberately propagandised or misguidedly believed. Animal and human … Continue reading →

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Sodium Chloride and Bone Health

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Sodium is a cationic metal that is essential to health. However, the Western diet is considered by many researchers to contain too much sodium chloride (table salt). The reason that the Western diet is high in sodium chloride is because … Continue reading →

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