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Posted 7/14/2013 10:37 AM (GMT 0)
I came across this article online...maybe it has already been posted to a thread here with discussion

http://news.yale.edu/2013/03/06/yale-researchers-identify-salt-trigger-autoimmune-diseases

Any thoughts?

Posted 7/14/2013 11:54 AM (GMT 0)
nope
Posted 7/14/2013 1:28 PM (GMT 0)
Yes I think about salt a lot. When I buy foods I buy the brand with the lowest salt. I've suspected salt for a long time now and I completely avoid frozen foods with high salt.

Male - 55 - Ulcerative Colitis on/off since 1980.

Delzicol 9X per day
Probiotic Complex - 6X per day
1 TB of psyllium husk mixed with mango/orange juice
Posted 7/17/2013 2:41 AM (GMT 0)
I've been a salt-aholic for 30 years (like salting every bite of a sandwich) and it makes no difference to my UC.
Posted 7/17/2013 3:44 AM (GMT 0)
I was told salt draws water into the GI tract.

Most constipation relieving products have it right ?
Posted 7/17/2013 6:27 AM (GMT 0)
Meh, im not convinced tbh. I find that mice studies can be really misleading. They should do it on humans first then come and declare war on salt, or not. Lots of things that were found useful for colitis in mice, like blueberry, does not actually help humans with this disease.
Also, check out the aspartame experiments: its breakdown product (i think formaldehyde?) does not hurt mice but is toxic/carcinogenic to humans.
Posted 7/17/2013 12:06 PM (GMT 0)
I think it also depends on the kind of salt you use.

I only use himalyan salt, which is  healthy salt.

Posted 7/17/2013 12:23 PM (GMT 0)
We rotate iodized salt and Celtic sea salt in cooking at home. I don't have "table salt" because there's no reason to add more salt at the table. DH would salt everything!

I've had some off thyroid tests, so I am not sure if I should give up my iodized salt entirely.
Posted 7/17/2013 1:17 PM (GMT 0)
I never salted anything when I was diagnosed. I didn't like salty things. But I'm sure the foods I ate contained it. However my UC is of the genetic variety.

Now I salt everything per my doctors orders. My bp is extremely low and she told me to use salt and consume a lot water to maintain a healthier bp and so far it's working.
Posted 7/17/2013 1:48 PM (GMT 0)
I've been a salt-aholic for 30 years (like salting every bite of a sandwich) and it makes no difference to my UC.

But how about your blood pressure?

I've had some off thyroid tests, so I am not sure if I should give up my iodized salt entirely.

But there are other ways to get your requirement for iodine besides saturating your body with iodized salt. A good multivite or perhaps eating seaweed or kelp.
Posted 7/17/2013 1:56 PM (GMT 0)
if I was a mouse I might give it some thought - as I'm not, I think it's a bunch of horse hockey :-)
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