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Even though your body starts peeing out more salt, it doesn’t change how much aldosterone hormone you make — meaning these two processes work independently.
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Blood Pressure Stability and Plasma Aldosterone Reduction: The Effects of a Sodium and Bicarbonate-Rich Water - A Randomized Controlled Intervention Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
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2024 DecPeople drank mineral water with lots of salt and bicarbonate, and their bodies got rid of the extra salt in urine — but that didn’t make the hormone aldosterone change in any predictable way. So, salt excretion and aldosterone levels weren’t linked.
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