Eating a lot of salt for 10 days doesn’t make your blood pressure jump around more than usual in healthy young adults, so your blood pressure stays steady even with a salty diet.

Eating a lot of salt for 10 days doesn’t make your blood pressure jump around more than usual in healthy young adults.

Eating a lot of salt for 10 days might make your blood pressure bounce around a bit more, but the change wasn’t big enough to say for sure it’s real — it’s just a hint, not proof.

Even if you eat a ton of salt for 10 days, your blood pressure won’t go up if you’re a healthy young adult—your body just pees out the extra salt and your blood stays normal.

Eating a lot of salt for 10 days might make the pressure in your main arteries bounce around a bit more, but it’s not clear yet—more research is needed to see if it affects your core arteries differently than your arm blood pressure.

If a healthy young person eats a lot of salt—about 18 grams a day for 10 days—their blood pressure won’t go up, whether they’re sitting still or going about their normal day.