Question about bacteria and high salt intake?

I am curious to know if anyone knows of any research works done about the high intake of NACL and the effect it may have on certain bacteria types in the human body, given that most bacteria cannot grow in hypertonic solutions. If one person has more sodium in there diet than another, are they less at risk for infection because of their sodium intake? Have there been any studies done to give a high dose of sodium to kill bacteria in a eukarotic system? (that is without upsetting the host to the point of death or serious unreversible complications.)


Recently I have asked many friends, peers, family, clients how much salt they take in and how much they are sick. I myself take a lot of salt in and I hadn't had any kind of bacterial infection in over 12 years. I have heard very similar results from over 75 percent of the people I ask.

Question about bacteria and high salt intake?
Theonly possible effect it could have is on urinary tract infections. The human body itself mainatains a constant salt balance regardless of dietary salt intake.
Reply:take it in, and throw out via sperm
Reply:itll make u die in 5 seconds
Reply:This high salt diet idea does not work. All cells die in hypertonic solutions. If you ate enough salt to kill the bacteria in your body, your body cells would die too. If you do not consume enough salt to kill your own body cells, the bacteria cells would not die. No matter how much salt you add to your diet underneath the lethal limit, it will have no effect on the bacteria in your body.
Reply:I don't believe that the two observations "high salt intake and low rate of bacterial infections" are even remotely related. in fact a high salt intake can be dangerous. Normal intake should be 100 MEq/day. Older patients should even reduce this amount.
Reply:Don't cells maintain a 95% water 5%salt balance, about? If a person eats more salt it would cause dehydration throwing off homeostasis. the body would react and it's reaction would allow easier access for infections because the imbalance would make the body weak. It is possible thought that the iodine content in salt may have some affect on minimizing infection. It prevents the thyroid from swelling so maybe it has other properties.
Reply:When you ingest various compounds, including salt, your digestive system regulates how much of it enters your system and is absorbed. Your body also knows that to maintain optimal function it MUST maintain both sodium (Na) and chloride (Cl) ion levels very carefully in your circulation, in your extracellular fluid and in your intracellular space. The amount of salt that you would have to eat in order to raise your internal sodium levels would be quite high and it is still likely that you would not have any impact on bacteria other than in your stomach. Unfortunately it would also likely lead to you getting severely ill. However, your body also is quite clever and knows that if you get too much sodium in your system (hypernatremia) it will do something else to you, it will make you thirsty.





And just for fun, since bacteria are so good at adapting to harsh environments, remember this, there are types of bacteria (Halobacterium halobium for one) that actually grow on crystallized salt! If you can identify an environment you will probably identify a bacterium.
Reply:A high-salt diet in humans and experimental animals is known to cause gastritis, has been associated with a high risk of atrophic gastritis, and is considered a gastric tumor promoter. In laboratory rodents, salt is known to cause gastritis, and when coadministered, it promotes the carcinogenic effects of known gastric carcinogens. Because Helicobacter pylori has been associated with a progression from gastritis to gastric cancer, we designed a study to determine whether excessive dietary NaCl would have an effect on colonization and gastritis in the mouse model of H. pylori infection. Click here to learn more.


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Reply:Consuming large amounts of salt is like consuming poision.Whenever a person consumes alot of sodium they are at risk in getting high blood pressure.And believe it or not having high blood pressure has been known to kill people...it's not something to play around with.Everyone enjoys salt of coarse on their food but it's really not healthy.If your going to eat salt find the one that is hymallian salt...
Reply:I don't know the answer to that, but I think it makes sense. They use salt to cure foods, don't they, to keep the food from spoiling due to bacteria growth?