I thought from previous medical report reading that eating 1600 mg or less of salt for reducing blood pressure was overblown, but then this study on how High salt consumption might increase Tau tangles in the brain caught my eye:
A high-salt diet may negatively affect cognitive function by causing a deficiency of the compound nitric oxide, which is vital for maintaining vascular health in the brain, according to a new study in mice from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. When nitric oxide levels are too low, chemical changes to the protein tau occur in the brain, contributing to dementia.
