#65: Can I Eat All the Salt That I Want?

You read everywhere that you “should” cut salt—especially if your blood pressure is up. But salt also makes food enjoyable. In this episode, I walk through the human evidence (not animal studies) and frame salt as a risk–benefit tradeoff: when does sodium meaningfully matter, for whom, and how can you test your sensitivity? Big questions we answer If you have high blood pressure: does lowering salt always help?If your BP is normal but you have heart/kidney risk: does salt matter?If you’re bas...