Is salt bad for you?

'Is salt bad? If you aren’t sure, you are not alone. There is so much contradicting research. Why do we make food so complicated? For most of history food was food. There were no nutritionists, scientists, businesses, or government officials telling people what to eat. Food was not a commodity. It was a way to survive.

This is why I love the real food movement. I trust food that’s been eaten for thousands of years and the traditional practices that were designed to help preserve life. And this includes salt. Lots of salt, actually. Since salt was the main source of preservation you can bet our ancestors ate a lot of salt. So is salt bad? This is why I say “no”.'

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