The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life By Dr. James DiNicolantonio

What if everything you know aboutsaltis wrong? A leading cardiovascular research scientist explains how this vital crystal got a negative reputation, and showshow to lower blood pressureand experienceweight lossusing salt. The Salt Fixis essential reading for everyone on the keto diet!

Weve all heard the recommendation: eat no than a teaspoon of salt a day for a healthy heart. Health conscious Americans have hewn to the conventional wisdom that your salt shaker can put you on the fast track to a heart attack, and have suffered through bland but heart healthy dinners as a result.

What if the low salt dogma is wrong?

Dr. James DiNicolantonio has reviewed than five hundred publications to unravel the impact of salt on blood pressure and heart disease. Hes reached a startling conclusion: The vast majority of us dont need to watch our salt intake. In fact, for most of us, salt would be advantageous to ournutritionespecially for those of us on theketo diet, asketodepletes this important mineral from our bodies. The Salt Fixtells the remarkable story of how salt became unfairly demonizeda never before told drama of competing egos and interestsand took the fall for another white crystal:sugar.

According to The Salt Fix,too little salt can:
Make you crave sugar and refined carbs
Send the body into semistarvation mode
Lead to weight gain, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and increased blood pressure and heart rate

But eating the salt you desire can improve everything, from your sleep, energy, and mental focus to your fitness, fertility, and sexual performance. It can even stave off common chronic illnesses, including heart disease.

The Salt Fixshows the best ways to add salt back into yourdiet, offering his transformative five step program for recalibrating your salt thermostat to achieve your unique, ideal salt intake.Sciencehas moved on from the low salt dogma, and so should youyour life may depend on it. The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life

Dr. James DiNicolantonio » 3 read

Great book! If you think reducing salt in your diet is a good thing.you would be doing yourself and your family a favour by reading this book. What we think we know about salt is so backwards. Reducing Salt in the diet is like the old thinking that fat is bad and The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life A very well written and researched book. I admire the author's courage and integrity for taking a stand against decades of misinformation about salt. As with the saturated fat and cholesterol causes heart disease misinformation, it is probable that, rather than admitting The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life Dry and at some times repetitive read, but argues well (supported by numerous references ) that much of the guidance about salt usage is based on a dubious scientific basis. Worth reading along with Gary Taubes book (Why we get fat) to understand how little The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life

A very interesting point of view about the unhealthy lack of salt in the western diet. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and will definitely be reading from this author. Exceptional amount of research provided to back up his claims. Highly The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life I bought the book used, which was in excellent condition and delivered in a very timely manner. Very pleased. I recommend this seller. The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life This has been going on since the '50s actually. But became prevalent to an absolute in your face boldness since the late '60 70s and then on My eyes have been reopened again, sadly though, believing the doctors may have cause some harm that cannot be reversed at The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life I thought every thing in this book made sense except one thing, thats why I gave it 4 stars, theres a small blurb where he says he wants to give sugar addicts really high doses of suboxone, which is a disaster waiting to happen, please dont take opiates to get over a sugar The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life For 32 years I ate a restricted salt diet. Little did I know that the heart palpitations, muscle weakness and general fatigue and a complete lack of energy was a result of too little salt. My hair was unhealthy , frizzy with no shine, my nails were brittle with broken The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life