The Salt Fix
by James DiNicolantonio
Mentioned 2 times across 2 shows · first heard Nov 2025 on Digital Social Hour.
The general take
Andrew Huberman highlights research presented in The Salt Fix showing that increasing salt intake while eating mostly unprocessed foods can significantly reduce sugar cravings. He frames this as a data-backed finding rather than just anecdotal, suggesting the book offers substantive evidence for this nutritional approach.
About
What if everything you know about salt is wrong? A leading cardiovascular research scientist explains how this vital crystal got a negative reputation, and shows how to lower blood pressure and experience weight loss using salt. The Salt Fix is essential reading for everyone on the keto diet! We’ve all heard the recommendation: eat no more than a teaspoon of salt a day for a healthy heart. Health-conscious Americans have hewn to the conventional wisdom that your salt shaker can put you on the fast track to a heart attack, and have suffered through bland but “heart-healthy” dinners as a result. What if the low-salt dogma is wrong? Dr. James DiNicolantonio has reviewed more than five hundred publications to unravel the impact of salt on blood pressure and heart disease. He’s reached a startling conclusion: The vast majority of us don’t need to watch our salt intake.
Who said what
Andrew Huberman👍 Recommends
…book discussing benefits of salt intake on reducing sugar cravings
“And indeed many people find, and it's reviewed a bit and some of the data are reviewed in the book, The Salt Fix, that when people increase their salt intake in a backdrop of relatively unprocessed foods, that sugar cravings can indeed be vastly reduced.”
Huberman Lab — Essentials: Using Salt to Optimize Mental & Physical Performanceat 31:02- SS
Samantha Skyring👍 Recommends
…recommending a book about salt myths and why salt was unfairly vilified
“And there's a beautiful human, James D. Nicolantonio. Um, he's, uh, written a book called the salt fix. And, uh, I love what the sort of the wrap up is the wrong white crystal got the bad rap. So it was almost that sugar, you know, our attention was put onto sugar in terms of, um, rather it was put onto salt because it was creating, um, hypertension and various other things to the body.”
Digital Social Hour — Samantha Skyring : This Desert Salt Could Supercharge Your Brain & Body | DSH #1618at 26:18
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