When healthy young men eat a lot of salt, their daytime blood pressure goes up a tiny bit — but their nighttime pressure stays the same, meaning their body mostly handles the salt fine, just with a small daytime bump.

When healthy young men eat a lot of salt for a week, their daytime blood pressure goes up a tiny bit — but their nighttime pressure and overall 24-hour pressure don’t change, meaning their bodies mostly handle the salt fine.

When healthy young men eat a lot of salt, their daytime blood pressure goes up a little — about 4 mmHg — but their nighttime pressure and overall 24-hour pressure don’t change.

Eating a lot of salt for a week makes your daytime blood pressure go up a tiny bit — but your nighttime pressure and overall 24-hour pressure don’t change.

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.

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