#471: Salt & Bone Health – Is There Cause For Concern?
Sigma Nutrition Radio
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Low Salt Diets and Osteoporosis
There have been associations noted between things like osteoporosis and high salt diets. The mechanisms at least initially tend to center on this idea that there can be essentially a lowering of calcium. On average, urinary calcium can increase by between 20 to 60 milligrams for every 2,300 milligrams of sodium ingestion. And if you've got an increase in the levels of sodium and calcium, that the kidneys are trying to filter, that can actually lead to an increased excretion of both sodium and calcium.
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