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?