When healthy young men eat a lot more salt for a week, their kidneys filter blood faster — not because their blood pressure goes up, but because their kidneys just work harder to get rid of the extra salt.

When healthy young men eat a lot more salt, their kidneys filter blood faster — but their blood pressure doesn’t go up much, showing their kidneys can handle extra salt without straining.

When healthy young men eat a lot more salt, their kidneys filter blood faster — up to 40% more — even though their blood pressure only goes up a tiny bit.

When people who don’t get high blood pressure from salt eat more or less salt, their kidneys adjust how much salt they pee out—no matter if they’re male or female.

Even if you eat a lot more or a lot less salt for a week, your body still pees out about the same amount of potassium — your kidneys keep potassium steady no matter how much salt you consume.

Even if you eat a lot more or a lot less salt for a week, your body still pees out about the same amount of potassium — your kidneys handle potassium on their own, not by following how much salt you eat.