Sodium and Arterial Function

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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.

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.