I doubt most claims about sodium causing health problems. High sodium consumption seems quite correlated with dietary choices that have other problems, which makes studying this hard.
It seems the scientific consensus, and Cochrane reviews/meta-analysis of RCTs(e.g. https://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f1325) are supportive. I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that sodium isn’t as harmful as health authorities think it is (c.f. the whole fracas over saturated fat vs sugar), but I guess I don’t see this as a serious worry or something that demands more research given the current evidence/expert opinion and limited research time.
I doubt most claims about sodium causing health problems. High sodium consumption seems quite correlated with dietary choices that have other problems, which makes studying this hard.
See Robin Hanson’s comments.
It seems the scientific consensus, and Cochrane reviews/meta-analysis of RCTs(e.g. https://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f1325) are supportive. I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that sodium isn’t as harmful as health authorities think it is (c.f. the whole fracas over saturated fat vs sugar), but I guess I don’t see this as a serious worry or something that demands more research given the current evidence/expert opinion and limited research time.