Even if your blood pressure doesn’t go up, eating too much salt can still make your heart muscle thicker and your arteries stiffer, which is bad for your heart.

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Links between dietary salt intake, renal salt handling, blood pressure, and cardiovascular diseases.

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2005 Apr

This study says eating too much salt can make your heart and arteries thicker and stiffer, even if your blood pressure doesn’t go up — which is exactly what the claim says.

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Links between dietary salt intake, renal salt handling, blood pressure, and cardiovascular diseases.

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DOI: 10.1152/PHYSREV.00056.2003

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