5 Biggest Nutrition Myths-Myth 1!
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Salt! I always hear how salt is bad for you. Avoid salt! Never eat it!
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Well, sodium is a necessary mineral for survival. It plays a ton of different roles in our body.
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One just being the utilization of magnesium which plays into sleep quality, relaxation, anxiety, bowel movements, etc. A deficiency in salt can cause any of these issues.
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If you’re eating a more whole foods based diet and you aren’t eating much processed food then you won’t be getting very much sodium at all in your diet.
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As it stands both very high AND very low intakes of sodium are associated with cardiovascular disease!
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So, drastically lowering salt intake hasn’t shown much benefit in scientific studies.