re: Another massive lie we've been fed about nutrition-Excess salt intake causes heart disease

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I will say that I never realized how much salt I took in until I started living with my sister. She is very sensitive to salt and I am not. I started cooking with it less and less and now notice it much more.

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Once you start monitoring it, you can really tell what is high in sodium. So far the worst thing I've found was a Big Mac. I tried eating one a few weeks ago and threw it away after one bite. It takes like biting into a salt lick.

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However, decreasing my salt intake has had no measurable impact on any of my blood tests or my blood pressure.

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I guess it affects different people in different ways. I think the main reason my cardiologist wants me to limit my sodium is partially due to my heart condition but also due to how high salt intake leads to fluid retention, which for me can be an issue.