The Salt Fix

By: Dr. James J. DiNicolantonio

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's Summary

We all know the dangers of sugar and salt: but the danger attributed to the second white crystal has more to do with getting too little of it, not too much. Too little salt can shift the body into semi-starvation mode, causing insulin resistance, and may even cause twice as much fat to be absorbed for every gram that's consumed.

Too little salt in certain populations can also actually increase blood pressure as well as resting heart rate. In order to hydrate and nourish our cells, transmit nerve signals, contract our muscles, ensure proper digestion and breathing, and maintain proper heart function, we need salt.

In this book, a leading cardiovascular research scientist and doctor of pharmacy overturns conventional thinking about salt and explores the little-understood importance of it, the health dangers of having too little, and how salt can actually help you improve sports performance, crush sugar cravings, and stave off common chronic illnesses.

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©2017 Dr. James DiNicolantonio (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Hey editor, listen to what the narrator is saying!

Let me start by saying that I have cheerfully ignored the dietary guidelines about salt for years (I binge on the stuff) and have never suffered high blood pressure or any other ill effects. With that in mind, I believe this book is telling us what some people have intuitively known for years. Combined with "The Big Fat Surprise," this should be required reading for all med school students.

The only reason it doesn't get a full five stars is the incredibly distracting mispronunciations by the otherwise-decent narrator. I blame the editor, as making sure words are pronounced probably and supervising the narrator is his/her job. I'm not complaining about highly-technical words either. For the love of God, someone teach the man how to pronounce fructose and satiety. Since these are used repeatedly throughout the book, it became distracting. I almost started twitching every time I heard fructose mispronunced.

Super informative

Lots of good information presented in a logical way. I'm beginning to question ALL of my previous dietary knowledge!

Eye-Opening & Important

Somehow, the obvious reasons for my intense cramps after going HFLC were lost on me. No longer. Already enjoying the benefits of reaffirming this ancient knowledge. And, in more ways that just during exercise.

Good history of dietary guidelines for salt.

Why salt is very important and why we are told to eat too little of it. The most important part is the dangers of too l little salt and when we deplete the most salt and how to become in tune of how much our body needs. Worth a read.

Excellent Book

The Salt fix sold me on the importance of salt. However, it just confirmed what I had been doing most of my life - adding more salt at the table. I love salt and now that i have read this book, I feel much better knowing I wasn't doing any harm to my body.

The book presents research study after research study on why low salt does not lower High Blood Pressure in MOST people. The author just keeps repeating himself over and over (and over) again that salt is not bad. Two big things I learned from reading this book is 1.) History of low salt diet - based on Bad research and interpretation of results (just like low Cholesterol). 2. The body gets rid of the extra salt in your body you don't need.

The author gets tired of saying "low salt is bad for you" so he goes on to Sugar as the Bad Guy, Which most of us all ready know. But wait isn't this book about salt? Why go into so much depth about Sugar?

There is so many research studies presented in this book, that it's overwhelming. If i could just point to One Guy as being the driver for low salt diet, I could use this in explaining to people why salt is not bad for you. Kind of like the Ancel Keys of the Low Cholesterol/Saturated Fat craze. But i can't.

Instead, i go around telling people: "I just read this book that's called The Salt Fix and it says that salt is not bad for you because the research information used to come up with the Low Salt Diet is misinterpreted and faulty." They will just look at me and say: "Here goes another Conspiracy Theory". I can't tell people to add salt to their food when i can't explain why except tell them to read the book.

I hope you all understand what I'm trying to say. This book is not a keeper, Read and return.

Life saving

An essential read if you are struggling with your health! It could save your life and help you feel better, too.

Informative, surprising and backed by sciencw

"The Salt Fix" is as important to nutrition sanity as the top sellers of the genre, like Nina Teicholtz's "The Big Fat Surprise" and Gary Taube's "The Case Against Sugar", to name a couple. The author of "The Salt Fix" not only gives us a history lesson as to how we ended up with such low recommendations for salt intake, but also goes into exceptional detail regarding why we need salt to live, and live well. I've only just finished this book but I can already tell I'll be reading it many times over in the coming months and years, in the hopes of "absorbing" and integrating all the information and details into my daily life as well as the lives of my loved ones.

Fantastic Book!

Where has this book been hiding??? All of my family members needed it several decades ago! I now tell EVERYONE about it.

Changing my life!!!

Everything you have ever heard or read about salt could be wrong. What if eating more salt that helps keep us thin and be the answer to rather than the problem of our nations health problems. This book is like the answer to so many questions I've had about salt. Frankly YOU NEED MORE SALT!!! I watched as my grandma eat a perfect low salt low fat diet and was miserable so her last day. I'm huge about how bad we need FAT now we can welcome salt back to the table and embrace it. It may be the cure for all the things you think cutting it out should have been.

Fantastic & Important

Life changing book - very important topic with excellent coverage. Never knew salt not only is harmless but incredibly important