It Wasn’t the Salt Shaker, It Was the Sugar Bowl

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Issue #9: September 8, 2025

🧂 Salt: The Wrong White Crystal to Fear

For decades, we’ve been told: “Cut the salt, or your blood pressure will skyrocket.” Doctors hand out low-sodium pamphlets. Food companies market “sodium-free” like it’s a superfood.

Here’s the truth: your body literally needs salt to survive. Sugar? Not so much. In fact, sugar is wreaking more havoc on your blood pressure than salt ever could.

Let’s unpack this.

⚡ Salt = Your Secret Performance Hack

If you want a cheap, legal, noticeable boost in energy and endurance, salt is it. Sodium helps:

• Keep fluids in balance → more plasma volume, less dehydration

• Lower heart rate during exercise

• Power stronger muscle contraction and pumps

• Reduce cramps, dizziness, and overheating

• Delay fatigue and boost overall performance

Athletes often “sodium load” before workouts, and the results speak for themselves. Typical ranges? 1,000-3,000 mg sodium in 10-30oz of water.

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💉 The Blood Pressure Myth

Here’s where most people get it wrong:

• Many of us are salt-resistant. Eating more doesn’t automatically raise blood pressure

• Healthy bodies pee out the extra sodium

• The real driver of high blood pressure? Insulin resistance

When insulin is chronically high (thanks to sugar and refined carbs), your kidneys hold onto sodium. Cut salt? Your body fights to retain it anyway. High blood pressure isn’t a salt intake problem, it’s a salt retention problem caused by sugar and refined carbs.

🍬 Sugar: The Real Villain

Salt is essential. Sugar is optional, and usually harmful.

• Without salt: nerves misfire, muscles cramp, fluids go out of whack

• Without sugar: your body handles it just fine. It can make glucose from protein and fat as needed

Meanwhile, too much sugar:

• Drives insulin resistance

• Forces your body to hold onto sodium

• Raises blood pressure and cardiovascular risk

So the next time someone tells you to fear salt? Remember: it’s the sugar bowl doing most of the damage.

💎 Not All Salts Are Created Equal

There’s table salt, pink Himalayan, Celtic sea salt, and more. Here’s the difference:

• Table salt: Highly processed, stripped of minerals, often has anti-caking agents

• Pink Himalayan / sea salts: Less processed, naturally contain minerals like magnesium, potassium, and calcium. These trace minerals aren’t game-changes in huge doses, but they make salt more “whole” and palatable

🥤 What to Do

• Don’t fear salt, especially if you’re active. Pair it with water, and you’ll feel stronger, more energized, and less fatigued

• Focus on cutting added sugars rather than obsessing about sodium

• Consider high-quality electrolyte mixes or mineral-rich salts (like Redmond Re-Lyte) for clean minerals without sugar

📌 The Takeaway

Salt is essential, boosts performance, and keeps your body running. Sugar is optional, and it’s the main culprit behind insulin resistance and high blood pressure. Not all salts are equal: mineral-rich salts are preferable to stripped table salt. Swap fear of salt for caution around sugar, and your workouts, energy, and heart will thank you.

Until next week. Stay vital.

-Jordan Slotopolsky

📚 Sources

• Hew-Butler T. et al. Sports Medicine, 2015.

• DiNicolantonio JJ, O’Keefe JH. Prog Cardiovasc Dis, 2014.

• Reaven GM. Hypertension, 1995.

• Adrogué HJ, Madias NE. NEJM, 2007.

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