The Surprising Truth About Salt, Inflammation & Longevity: What Most Doctors Get Wrong With Mara Labs

Episode Highlights With Mara Labs

• We're made of salt and have an inner ocean within us
• Our inner “salt sink”, which is a place where salt reserves are stored in our body
• If you under-eat salt, this will start depleting your salt
• Problems that increase when we don’t get enough salt
• How the kidneys come into play 
• The myth of too much salt leading to hypertension and high blood pressure
• Only 25% of the population is salt sensitive
• Three classes of people: inverse salt sensitive, salt sensitive, and salt resistant, and how to know which you are
• Every study ever done there is a group of people known as inverse salt sensitive
• Why the current guidelines around salt consumption are not just wrong, but possibly dangerous
• The real story of sodium and longevity - and it's often higher than the average person eats
• How much salt we actually need daily for optimal health (10g!)
• The relationship with insulin and salt and how insulin resistance increases salt sensitivity 
• CO2 bicarbonate connection and how baking soda can be helpful
• The not well understood connection between supplements and how they impact salt

Resources We Mention

• Mara Labs
• Magnesium Breakthrough
• LMNT
• Potassium