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.
what salt intake is best for you? And that question is in the context of your fluid intake, you place that in the context of the diet you're following, the amount of caffeine you might be ingesting, and the diuretic effects of caffeine, and crucially, that you place that in the context of the electrolytes, more generally, meaning sodium, potassium, and magnesium.
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And for most people out there, you're going to need to evaluate how much salt intake is going to allow your brain and body to function optimally. So if you're exercising a lot, if you're particular cold, dry environment or a particular hot environment, you ought to be ingesting sufficient amounts of salt and fluid.