Hold the Salt: Gut Reaction May Impair the Brains of Mice
January 18, 2018
January 18, 2018
BETHESDA, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke issued the following news release:
We are often warned of the dangers of high levels of salt in our diet, yet the risks of salt consumption and the effects of salt on the body, including the brain, are not entirely clear. In a new mouse study, scientists link changes in the gut caused by a high-salt diet to impaired blood flow in the brain. Th . . .
We are often warned of the dangers of high levels of salt in our diet, yet the risks of salt consumption and the effects of salt on the body, including the brain, are not entirely clear. In a new mouse study, scientists link changes in the gut caused by a high-salt diet to impaired blood flow in the brain. Th . . .