Is Salt a Culprit or an Innocent Bystander in Hypertension? A Hypothesis Challenging the Ancient Paradigm
James J. DiNicolantonioa b✉, Varshil Mehtac d, James Henry O’Keefeb
- aSaint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Mo. Electronic address: jjdinicol@gmail.com
- bSaint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Mo
- cMount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
- dMGM Medical College, Navi Mumbai, India
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
For decades the notion that an excessive consumption of salt (NaCl) leads to hypertension has persisted. However, this idea is based on opinion, not scientific proof. Despite this, every health organization, agency, and clinicians around the world have been advising salt restriction, especially to hypertensive patients. The present review article suggests that the consumption of a high-salt diet is not the cause of hypertension and that there are other factors, such as added sugars, which are causative for inducing hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
TL;DRThe present review article suggests that the consumption of a high-salt diet is not the cause of hypertension and that there are other factors, such as added sugars, which are causative for inducing hypertension and cardiovascular disease. (Semantic Scholar)