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Eating a lot of salt for 10 days might make the pressure in your main arteries bounce around a bit more, but it’s not clear yet—more research is needed to see if it affects your core arteries differently than your arm blood pressure.

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

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2020 Apr 29

The study gave people a lot of salt for 10 days and found that while their overall blood pressure didn’t get more jumpy, their central (inner) blood pressure showed a hint of becoming more variable — just like the claim said, but not enough to be certain.

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

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DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa014

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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