Blood Pressure and Salt

Comments revolve around blood pressure, its links to salt intake, hypertension risks, management strategies, and humorous puns like 'take it with a grain of salt.'

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Sample Comments

notrealyme123 • Mar 23, 2024 • View on HN

His BP could be worse with salt.

agumonkey • Mar 26, 2022 • View on HN

Isn't that a hint at a more general trick ? anything that improve blood pressure should be done a bit ?

tonyedgecombe • Nov 10, 2019 • View on HN

so take it with a grain of salt.Isn't that bad for your blood pressure :)

adenozine • Feb 17, 2023 • View on HN

Filing this under “Raised My Blood Pressure…”

nottorp • Dec 19, 2025 • View on HN

Click to find out how much my blood pressure went up when reading this!

appleflaxen • Oct 17, 2015 • View on HN

what is the blood pressure data you are using to say that?

bloopernova • Oct 10, 2024 • View on HN

Tangentially Related: https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/your-doctors-office-c...

loopdoend • Aug 2, 2024 • View on HN

don't forget high blood pressure

junyoon • Dec 20, 2020 • View on HN

High blood pressure like eating too much table salt?

qumpis • May 10, 2023 • View on HN

Why are you convinced that high blood pressure will lessen your lifespan?