The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Now, if your hormones are overacting and you're conserving tons of sodium, you will have hypertension, not because of excess sodium in diet, but simply because you are increasing your absorption of sodium at the level of the kidney.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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but essentially aldosterone is a hormone that works on the kidney to conserve sodium and causes the excretion of potassium.
essentially aldosterone is a hormone that works on the kidney to conserve sodium and causes the excretion of potassium now if your hormones are overacting and you're conserving tons of sodium you will have hypertension not because of excess sodium and diet but simply because you are increasing your absorption of sodium at the level of the kidney