date:Mar 07, 2013
o be studied in people. He has already gotten permission to test the effects of lowering the salt intake in the diets of individuals with multiple sclerosis to see if their symptoms improve.
It likely be years before this link is confirmed, but Hafler says for patients already at risk of autoimmune disease, reducing dietary salt may be a good idea.
If I had MS, I would think very much about not eating processed foods and really cutting down my salt intake, he said.