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There have been studies showing that, but they've been inconclusive according to the meta reviews.

It's like with cholesterol, i.e. the claim that eating saturated fat can increase LDL particles in your bloodstream (it can), but to jump from there to claiming that increased LDL causes heart disease is a stretch, because LDL is just a transport mechanism and naturally, it depends on what it transports.

People are inclined to search for easy solutions. But unfortunately nothing is easy about our metabolism.



There have also been studies showing no meaningful long term association between salt intake and high blood pressure as well.

The stories that get retold, aren't the ones that are true, but often the ones that are simplest to tell.




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