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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “salt”

Video – Kidney Week 2022: Fructose, Sugar and Blood Pressure – An Unexpected Relationship

blogteam January 5, 2023 Uncategorized

Vumedi is a website for education of physicians and I recently posted a lecture on their site on sugar, salt and high blood pressure. High blood pressure is common, affects one-third the population, and is the most common cause of …

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Article – CNN Health – Hydration can significantly impact your physical health, study finds

blogteam January 3, 2023 Uncategorized

Dmitrieva NI, Gagarin A, Liu D, et al. Middle-age high normal serum sodium as a risk factor for accelerated biological aging, chronic diseases, and premature mortality. eBioMedicine. 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104404. This is a study that looked at a test for hydration in …

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Podcast – What Causes Obesity? with Dr. Richard Johnson – JJ Virgin’s Ask the Health Expert Podcast

blogteam November 14, 2022 Uncategorized

An interview with JJ Virgin on the cause of obesity, the role sugar plays in food allergies including gluten and peanuts, the unexpected role of salt in causing fat and weight gain, and the benefits of hydration. Listen to the …

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Video – At Loyola University, New Insights into the Epidemic of High Blood Pressure: Role of Salt, Sugar, and Uric acid

blogteam November 14, 2022 Uncategorized

This is a video of my Medicine Grand Rounds Lecture to the Loyola School of Medicine in Chicago on the 4th of October, 2022. High blood pressure is the most common disease in humans, and affects over 30 percent of …

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Video – The Biggest Cause of Fatty Liver Disease & Insulin Resistance With Richard Johnson, MD, FACP

blogteam October 17, 2022 Uncategorized

A talk with Morgan Nolte from Reshape Your Health about what drives fatty  liver and obesity, as well as dementia and ADHD. Not only sugar, but other carbs, salt and umami foods also play a role. Watch the video here.

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Article: Two surprising reasons behind the obesity epidemic: Too much salt, not enough water – What we can learn from the Sand Rat

blogteam August 23, 2022 Uncategorized

A discussion of the desert sand rat, and why despite living in the most difficult of environments, he is prone to obesity and diabetes as soon as he is provided a carbohydrate rich diet.  We can learn from this guy! …

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Podcast – The Lindsey Elmore Show – The Biological Switch That Drives Obesity

blogteam June 3, 2022 Uncategorized

A fun discussion with Lindsey on the new studies that document a biological switch that gets turned on and off to cause weight gain with A discussion of the foods that activate the switch. Podcast – The Lindsey Elmore Show

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Video – Part two of my three part Master Series on Nature Wants Us to Be Fat

blogteam April 27, 2022 Uncategorized

In this episode we talk about the role of other foods in activating the biologic switch that drives obesity.  This includes the role of high glycemic carbohydrates, the unexpected role of salty foods, and the contribution of foods with umami …

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Video – Dr. David Perlmutter on the Evolution of Increasing Uric Acid Levels in Humans Over Time

blogteam February 6, 2022 Uncategorized

Humans have a higher uric acid level, and this translates into a higher risk for obesity, diabetes and heart disease. But why?  The story goes back millions of years… In addition to checking out this video, please go to https://www.drperlmutter.com/ …

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