by Alan Barton, All News Pipeline:

First up is the mandatory disqualifier; I am not a doctor so take anything said here as just my opinion (which it is regardless) and please ask your physician about any changes to your medications and possible alternatives.  The information that follows is a result of my own research for my own purposes only.

Salt.  Is it bad for you or is it good for you; the official opinion varies back and forth depending on what mood the authorities are in.  “They” say you will have health problems if you have too much or too little in your diet.  The generic claim is that commercial prepared foods have far too much salt and yet many who eat prepared foods have symptoms of too little salt.  I would argue that every bodies needs varies plus the more obvious fact that the current official views varies even more.  Too much salt may cause high blood pressure and heart disease while too little can also be harmful causing insulin resistance and hyponatremia ‘they’ say.  Decades of research have shown many and varied results possibly proving that the results of research are designed to fit the parameters of those paying for the research.  There really is no such thing as “blind” tests and objective analysis of those data sets therefore, well to put it mildly, lacks credibility.  To understand the results of any given announcement just look for who ultimately pays for that research.