Sodium and Arterial Function: A-salting our Endothelium

A salted meal can impair artery function within 30 minutes by suppressing a key detoxifying antioxidant enzyme in our body.

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DOCTOR’S NOTE: This is part of an extended video series on sodium, trying to set the record straight on the “controversy” manufactured by the processed food industries.

Check out the previous installments:
• High Blood Pressure May Be a Choice (
• Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt (
• The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure (
• Sodium Skeptics Try to Shake Up the Salt Debate (
• Shaking the Salt Habit (

Other salt videos include:
• Changing Our Taste Buds (
• Canned Beans or Cooked Beans? (
• How to Treat Kidney Stones with Diet (

I touched on potassium in Preventing Strokes with Diet ( but looking forward to doing a deep dive into the mineral when I get a chance.

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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