Outdated Medical Advice Nutrition Medicine
BUSTED Comprehensively false

All salt should be eliminated entirely

Sodium is essential; excess is problematic

✗ The myth everyone repeats

Salt is toxic and should be completely eliminated.

✓ What is actually true

Sodium is essential for nerve function and muscle contraction. Problem is excess (over 2300mg daily), not sodium itself. Zero sodium diets are harmful.

Believed 1980โ€“2010
Year Revised 2015
Why Changed Oversimplification
Confidence Fully Debunked
Region Worldwide

Reception

6/10
6/10
The receipts 2 sources
  1. Sodium HypertensionPRIMARY
  2. Sodium HomeostasisREFERENCE

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