Lifecoach: Do I need to cut down on salt?

I?ve been trying to cut back on salt to keep healthy in my later years, so have switched to a low-salt diet. Feeling unwell for a month or more, I saw our GP who, after blood tests, found that I had low sodium levels. I switched back to my original diet, sprinkling salt on all meals, and this seems to have stopped the problem. With the recent confusing reports on salt intake, should we not be dramatically cutting down our consumption now? I have a history of heart disease in the family.

High blood pressure is virtually unknown in those few populations left whose natural diet is low in (sodium) salt. The link between high blood pressure and high dietary salt is not in doubt, and these recent studies do not contradict this knowledge. They do, however, highlight that individuals differ in their degree of salt tolerance.

It is certain that a huge proportion of the UK population eats much more salt than they need and that their kidneys spend a lot of time pumping out the excess into their urine.

Source: http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/569020/s/1a144d7c/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Chealth0Chealthadvice0Clifecoach0C88892510CLifecoach0EDo0EI0Eneed0Eto0Ecut0Edown0Eon0Esalt0Bhtml/story01.htm

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