date:Jul 06, 2015
earch Center at the UI and a Fellow of the American Heart Association. The findings also suggest that public health efforts to continue lowering sodium intake may have unexpected and unintended consequences.
To investigate why the high salt prevented weight gain, the researchers examined four key factors that influence energy balance in animals. On the energy input side, they ruled out changes in feeding behavior -- all the mice ate the same amount of calories regardless of the salt content in