date:Mar 07, 2013
n D probably plays a small component. We know smoking is a risk factor. This now suggests that salt is also a risk factor, Hafler said.
How much? We don't know, he added.
Hafler became interested in studying the link between salt and autoimmunity through studies of the gut microbiome - a census of gut microbes and cell function of 100 healthy individuals.
The team noticed that when people in the study visited fast food restaurants more than once a week, they saw a marked increase in levels of