Nutrition Policy Rethink - The Body Controls Salt Intake, Restrictions Aren't Needed
Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 23:40
in Health & Medicine
Worries about the amount of salt you consume may be misplaced. A new study documents in humans what neuroscientists have reported for some time: animals’ sodium (salt) intake is controlled by networks in the brain and not by the salt in one’s food. The findings have important implications for future U.S. nutrition policy directed at sodium intake. read more