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OCKHAM'S RAZOR - Salt matters
Sunday February 4, 8.45am, RN
Honorary Research Fellow at the Menzies Research Institute in Hobart, Dr Trevor Beard discusses the impact of salt in our diet. Food with added salt came late in human evolution so we are not genetically adapted to it.
The risks associated with high blood pressure, heart disease and strokes can be reduced by a salt free diet, particularly in an ageing population.
Dr Beard also found that the vertigo symptoms of Meniere's disorder could be better controlled in patients who had a low or no salt diet.
Ockham's Razor
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How can we be not adapted to salt seeing we are mainly salty water and come from the sea genetically?
