This study sought to assess the effects of a salt substitute (62.5% NaCl, 25% KCl, and 12.5% flavorings) on incidence of hypertension and hypotension among older adults with normal blood pressure.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735109723082633?via%3Dihub
Sugar is used to cover up excess salt not instead of salt. They are counter flavors that tend to cancel each other.
Sugar and salt can both extend shelf life as well so increasing both can increases shelf life without changing the flavor much.
They also both make you thirsty so soda manufacturers tend to increase both in sych to keep the taste about the same but make the soda far less thirst quenching.
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@rdyoung @Hugin
Which corporations funded the bad salt science you failed to provide any reference to? I can find oodles of peer reviewed science that says excess salt contributes to coronary disease and strokes.
Which corporations funded the bad fat science you failed to provide any reference to? I can find oodles of peer reviewed science that says excess fat contributes to coronary disease, obesity and cancer.
Bye bye nonsense and disinformation.
In some individuals, it doesn’t affect every person the same. There are people who are completely immune to salt, including in ridiculous amounts.
Of course the average will still show an increase in blood pressure, but it’s like a percentage was affected by salt and another group was not, it’s a bimodal distribution
Salty sweet sour bitter umami. Those are the 5 flavors. Everything else is smell.
As far as salt being bad for you the poison is in the dosage. To little is bad and so is to much.