Deep Dive: The Salt Revolution - Why Everything You Know About Sodium is Wrong
Two Biospark Health researchers blow the lid off 50 years of dangerous dietary dogma in this mind-bending conversation. Dr. Sarah Chen and Dr. Michael Torres dissect the shocking research mainstream medicine doesn't want you to see: Why people eating the LEAST salt have 5x higher death rates. How sodium restriction triggers a stress hormone cascade that destroys your thyroid. The Nobel Prize-worthy discovery that your cells literally can't absorb glucose without adequate salt.
From the PURE study's 100,000-person bombshell to Ray Peat's revolutionary insights on cellular hydration, this episode connects dots that will fundamentally change how you view health. Discover why Olympic athletes are secretly salting everything, how one woman raised her body temperature 1.4 degrees just by eating salt, and the terrifying truth about what chronic aldosterone elevation does to your body.
Perfect companion to Dr. Presciutti's main Episode 6, this deep dive delivers the biochemistry, research citations, and "aha moments" that turn salt fear into metabolic wisdom. Whether you're exploring our Energy Reset Essentials course, considering the Bioenergetic Reset Program, or just trying to understand why you're exhausted despite doing everything "right," this conversation provides the missing pieces.
Warning: After listening, you may experience sudden urges to throw out your low-sodium products, check your morning temperature, and finally understand why your salt cravings are survival instincts, not weakness.
Your cells are begging for sodium. Time to find out why.
🧂 Studies cited | 🔬 Biochemistry explained | 💡 Paradigm shifted
