On Jun 6, 11:43*am, Dogman wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:39:55 -0700 (PDT), "

wrote:

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Now it would seem to me that if the study shows that you can
lower blood pressure by 12 points in people with hypertension,
then you have in fact demonstrated that in can reduce
hypertension.

Of course it can. In certain people (people with severe hypertension,
for example). But for the vast majority of us, there's no reason to
restrict salt intake.

Once again, that's not what Taubes said when he
referenced the specific study to try to make his
case. In his own words:

"It suggested that eating significantly less salt
would modestly lower blood pressure; it said nothing about whether
this would reduce hypertension, prevent heart disease or lengthen
life. "


The study did show a substantial reduction in blood
pressure for those restricitng salt intake. That says
to me that it does reduce hypertension.




He's essentially saying that for some of us, reducing sodium intake
might be prudent, but for the vast majority of us, it makes little
difference, and can actually cause problems - as recent studies have
shown.

That seems pretty straightforward and transparent to me.

And very unlike the "tactics he rails against."


You're trying to lead the whole thing off into
another direction. I'm not talking about Taubes
opinions or advice in general. I'm just pointing
out that his statement regarding the one study he
uses to support his case is at the least very misleading
and at worse, a lie. And for me it would lead me
to begin to question how fair and objective he
really is.