What – You Still Think Salt Consumption Causes High Blood Pressure?
Healthy Living
High sodium intake as a source of high blood pressure has been an unchallenged dogmatic mantra for decades. But a few renegade MDs, several naturopaths, and chiropractors have challenged the unproven hypothesis of salt being the basis of high blood pressure (HBP). Turns out that the link between high sodium intake and elevated blood pressure is a false one.
Pure, unrefined salt is actually a necessary and helpful dietary component. Perhaps the most well known salt promoter is Dr. David Brownstein, MD, author of Salt Your Way to Health. Refined commercial table salt, used excessively in processed foods, is processed with toxic chemicals and stripped of its inherent nutritional value. It’s mostly poison with very little nutrition, though even using table salt often won’t lead to high blood pressure.
Actually, those with high blood pressure (and everyone, really) should just consume more foods rich in potassium. Meta-analysis’ show how low potassium intake has the same impact on blood pressure as high salt consumption – the real problem is an imbalance between sodium and potassium.
It appears the new HBP dietary villain could be high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which has been already linked to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular health issues.
HFCS is more commonly used in processed foods, fruit juices, sweets, and sodas than cane or beet sugar. It’s cheaper than sucrose (table sugar), and satisfies the “sweet tooth” SAD (standard American diet) consumers’ desire.
According to the USDA, HFCS consumption has increased significantly from 1970 to 2005, and it is now the number one source of empty calories in America. In fact, Americans eat approximately 35 lbs on average of high-fructose corn syrup each year.
How HFCS Contributes to Hypertension or High Blood Pressure
Fructose in fruit is tied to several other nutritional compounds that balance out fructose’s negative aspects. But fructose isolated from corn and made into a syrup is too much for the body to metabolize. Even table sugar metabolizes better.
Robert H. Lustig, MD, a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explains how the rise in HFCS use over the past three to four decades is behind the obesity and diabetes epidemic, both of which contribute to high blood pressure.
HFCS or “corn sugar” or “corn syrup” initiates a toxic overload from insufficient metabolism. The liver doesn’t convert isolated, concentrated fructose into energy well and stores it as fat instead. Add this to the dangers of GMO corn with traces of extremely toxic glyphosate herbicides and mercury as a byproduct from the conversion process. This toxic overload leads to obesity, fatty liver, other liver complications, and kidney disease.
Dr. Richard Johnson of the University of Colorado has been a researcher of investigations into HFCS and high blood pressure. His research revealed definite links of high HFCS consumption to high blood pressure.
What’s more, one of the toxic waste products remaining in the body from regular HFCS consumption is uric acid. A test of 17 subjects with high uric acid counts showed all 17 with high blood pressure. Uric acid inhibits nitric oxide (NO) in the blood vessels.
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A safe range of uric acid is from 3 to 5.5 milligrams per deciliter (0.1 liter), with 4 mg/dl ideal for men and 3.5 mg/dl for women. Higher numbers threaten blood pressure increases. You can ask your health professional about a uric acid test or shop the internet by inserting “uric acid blood testing” in your search engine.
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We don’t need any salt.
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i feel sick eating any salt.
Lol, try going without (almost impossible if you are eating processed food) and, like humans throughout history your body will be desparately craving it very soon. You are just responding to the overdose of empty sodium chloride in everyday processed and junk food. Be thankfully your body gives you this feedback but don’t think it is salt as such that is causing the reaction, it is only an overdose that makes you feel sick.
since I started reading ingredient lists I have been shocked at some of the products that have HFCS. why does mayo need that? or bread crumbs? pasta sauce? I try to eat real food only but if I do buy something processed I find one tat doesn’t add the HFCS.
Sodium does however encourage cancer but with high potassium you are OK. If you have cancer you should not eat sodium. Dr Max Gerson did much with potassium and cancer. See Gerson Therapy- results of 50 Cases, from the 60s.
How is there a correlation between sodium and cancer? Are you referring to iodized table salt or himilayan sea salt as well?
Cancer cells have a different metabolism because of the lack of oxygen and blood supply. They somehow use sodium much more along with and glucose by having many more insulin receptors.
I HAVE NOT BOUGHT PRODUCTS WITH HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP IN THEM (FOR THE MOST PART AS NOT ALWAYS AS DILIGENT AS I SHOULD BE ON THE ROAD). I HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP IS HIGH IN CALORIES.IT’S ONE OF THE WORST THINGS PUT IN PRODUCTS WE BUY.
I won’t read anything posted in all capitals, it is either shouting or a sign of ignorance
Andy, why should all capital letters annoy you so much? My advice to you is to not sweat the small things in life. Some people just to not like to shift keys, and they do not like to see sentences beginning with a lower case letter. Using caps or no caps is really insignificant. Smile, be happy and enjoy your day. 🙂
Lucia
You are seeing things differently & positively. Good. Greetings from Chennai Giri
I disagree – it is just rude and crude. To deliberately cripple half the expressive capability of the written language can serve no positive purpose. It is shouting. Only pigs habitually shout in normal conversation.