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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fergus" data-source="post: 47574" data-attributes="member: 6150">Gary Taubes is interesting on the subject of salt.His research told him that by halving the avarage daily intake of salt, one might lower blood pressure by 4-5mm Hg in hypertensives, and by 2mm Hg in everyone else. In other words, if your bp is up around 160-180, it's not going to make a significant diference.It has long been known that carbohydrate rich diets cause the body to retain water and hence raise blood pressure, whereas diets which shift the emphasis to fat instead cause the body to lose water and therefore lower blood pressure.Overall, it seems that any diet which replaces processed foods with natural foods is going to benefit people in both ways.There will be less salt ingested, and fewer starches and sugars, so that there will often be a significant drop in blood pressure.All the best,fergus</blockquote>

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