Exercises drastically lower the negative effects salt has on blood pressure. This bold statement comes from a brand new collaborative study from China and Tulane University in New Orleans and presented at the American Heart Association’s Nutrition 2011 Scientific Sessions.

The researchers recruited over 1900 people who had a family history of hypertension and guided them to first eat only 3000mg of salt and the next week 18000mg (much more than most people would ever eat).

Those who exercised regularly were 35% less likely to have any real rise in blood pressure despite drastically increasing their salt intake.

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