InChristAlone
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I'm really not understanding the way the forum has been going lately. Everything I'm seeing isn't even about Ray's work anymore. Ray is a big fan of salt, sure he talks about it in one interview that taking a tablespoon when working outside made his skin turn extremely salty, but seriously a TABLESPOON. In fact I think he talks more about salt than he does about potassium. I've been following him for 6 yrs. And honestly I need to get back to his interviews because this forum has clouded his work.
"Salt restriction, according to a review of about 100 studies (Alderman, 2004), lowers the blood pressure a few points. But that generally doesn’t relate to better health. In one study (3000 people, 4 years), there was a clear increase in mortality in the individuals who ate less salt. An extra few grams of salt per day was associated with a 36% reduction in “coronary events” (Alderman, et al., 1995). Another study (more than 11,000 people, 22 years) also showed an inverse relation between salt intake and mortality (Alderman, et al., 1997)."
"When there is adequate sodium in the extracellular fluid, the continuous inward movement of sodium ions into the resting cell activates an enzyme, sodium-potassium ATPase, causing ATP to break down into ADP and phosphate, which stimulates the consumption of fuel and oxygen to maintain an adequate level of ATP. Increasing the concentration of sodium increases the energy consumption and carbon dioxide production of the cell. The sodium, by increasing carbon dioxide production, protects against the excitatory, toxic effects of the intracellular calcium."
He doesn't even mention any kind of potassium requirement in that article.
And again yes we are mammals. But please we are entirely different than a Panda. Mammal just means "we nurse our young". Human milk is 1:3.9 that seems reasonable. Sodium chloride is an essential electrolyte as is potassium. I see absolutely no need for a ratio as high as 1:7 unless someone has a severe salt sensitivity and if they do they likely have a lot of health issues. I can eat 4 slices of bacon and show no signs of edema.
"Salt restriction, according to a review of about 100 studies (Alderman, 2004), lowers the blood pressure a few points. But that generally doesn’t relate to better health. In one study (3000 people, 4 years), there was a clear increase in mortality in the individuals who ate less salt. An extra few grams of salt per day was associated with a 36% reduction in “coronary events” (Alderman, et al., 1995). Another study (more than 11,000 people, 22 years) also showed an inverse relation between salt intake and mortality (Alderman, et al., 1997)."
"When there is adequate sodium in the extracellular fluid, the continuous inward movement of sodium ions into the resting cell activates an enzyme, sodium-potassium ATPase, causing ATP to break down into ADP and phosphate, which stimulates the consumption of fuel and oxygen to maintain an adequate level of ATP. Increasing the concentration of sodium increases the energy consumption and carbon dioxide production of the cell. The sodium, by increasing carbon dioxide production, protects against the excitatory, toxic effects of the intracellular calcium."
He doesn't even mention any kind of potassium requirement in that article.
And again yes we are mammals. But please we are entirely different than a Panda. Mammal just means "we nurse our young". Human milk is 1:3.9 that seems reasonable. Sodium chloride is an essential electrolyte as is potassium. I see absolutely no need for a ratio as high as 1:7 unless someone has a severe salt sensitivity and if they do they likely have a lot of health issues. I can eat 4 slices of bacon and show no signs of edema.