Salt, Is it good, Is it bad, Is it inflamatory, Does it cause high blood pressure?

(ongoing research---to be updated---new post allow time to evolve)

Attribution: Research by Dr. Mercola
Reference: May 29, 2017 Surprise! Everything You've Been Told About Salt Is Wrong
Reference: April 04, 2013 Why High Salt Consumption Alone Will Not Increase Your Heart Disease Risk


Notes from reference link provided by Dr. Mercola and my own opinion of his research:

"New preliminary research findings suggest excessive salt consumption contributed to 2.3 million heart-related deaths worldwide in 2010; 42 percent from coronary heart disease and 41 percent from stroke"

After googling leading cause of death, the leading cause remains heart disease.

"Salt is an essential nutrient required for blood pressure regulation, transportation of nutrients into and out of your cells, ion exchange, and brain-muscle communication. But all salts are not equal, in terms of their impact on your health. Processed (table) salt is health harming, while natural unprocessed salt is not only healing, but in fact essential for many biological functions"

(need to validate this finding)

"Potassium deficiency may be more responsible for hypertension than excess sodium, and too much sodium along with too little potassium has been found to more than double your risk of death from a heart attack, compared to eating about equal amounts of both nutrients"

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"Our ancient ancestors consumed 16 times more potassium than sodium. Many “experts” believe that a “normal” ratio today is four times as much potassium than sodium. It is helpful to strive for at least as much potassium from your diet as sodium"

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Apparently there's no RDA on potassium.. Isn't that ironic that our health regulators don't have an RDA on potassium?