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.

52

Pro

0

Against

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

52

Community contributions welcome

52

The Impact of High Dietary Sodium Consumption on Blood Pressure Variability in Healthy, Young Adults.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2020 Apr 29

Scientists gave young, healthy people a lot of salt for 10 days and checked their blood pressure constantly — it didn’t go up, even though their bodies showed they were excreting more salt. So, eating lots of salt short-term doesn’t raise blood pressure in healthy young adults.

Contradicting (0)

0

Community contributions welcome

No contradicting evidence found

Gold Standard Evidence Needed

According to GRADE and EBM methodology, here is what ideal scientific evidence would look like to definitively prove or disprove this specific claim, ordered from strongest to weakest evidence.

Source Study

The Impact of High Dietary Sodium Consumption on Blood Pressure Variability in Healthy, Young Adults.

Score: 52

DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa014

Similar Assertions

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.

52

0

91%

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.

52

0

89%

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.

52

0

89%

If you eat a lot of salt—like 18 grams a day for 10 days—your body will pee out more salt and your blood will have a bit more salt too, which proves your body is responding as expected to the extra salt.

52

0

88%

If you eat a lot of salt—like 18 grams a day for 10 days—your body will flush out more salt in your urine and also have a bit more salt in your blood, which proves you actually ate the salty food they gave you.

52

0

88%