> If you have data to show that most people can resolve their
> hypertension by reducing salt intake, I'd like to know about it.
> If not, I think it is a mistake to identify salt as the "main
> cause" of hypertension.  In my view, it is far more likely that
> sodium *retention* is the main cause, and that is a result of
> hyperinsulinism.

I fully agree with Todd. Recent work has shown that a tiny fraction of those
with hypertension benefit from salt restriction. The myth that is dogma will
undoubtedly remain so for a very long time even though it has been proven to
be false.