Is salt bad for you?

I know that salt is connected to high blood pressure but is it always necessarily bad? I seem to remember hearing some people in the medical proffession doubting that the cause and effect relationship between the two was so simple and that if somebody didn't suffer from high blood pressure, then salt was not that much of a problem.

I think the gist was that high blood pressure was attributable to a number of factors and that high salt intake was only one of them. Some of these factors were dietary but also genetic and lifestyle factors had some impact. If the other factors were not present then salt intake was not too controversial.

Does anybody know anything about this cus I LOVE salt and I haven't got high blood pressure. I'd hate to give it up for no good reason.

Cheers

All things in moderation.

Too much of a good thing is a bad thing in my opinion.

Salt is fine, but the older you get the more your body may not be able to handle it as well.

Just don't be excessive, so you don't end up with problems in your later years.

As long as you put a limit on the amount you have, but otherwise you should have some salt, it is good for you. But use it in moderation.

using salt on your food is fine,as long has you don,t use to much.

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