Is It True That Salt Is Bad for Your Heart?

If you're careful not to eat much salt, or believe salt is bad for your blood pressure or heart, get ready for a big surprise.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• “Conventional wisdom” states that a high-sodium diet will increase your blood pressure, thereby raising your risk for a cardiac event. However, this claim is largely based on uncontrolled case reports from the early 1900s

• A 2018 systematic review found no evidence of benefit from a low-sodium diet for those with heart failure

• The randomiz…