I'll admit, I'm the first to stack a load of salt on just about everything I eat, so when I found this article about salt having extremely negative effects on the body I knew I had to do a blog about it. The article starts off talking about how being there has been new research done that proves high levels of salt intake can effect autoimmune disorders in a negative way. The research team based out of Harvard University found that the T helper cells which normally are good, are changed into pathogenic TH17 cells when exposed to salt. This TH17 cell apparently attacks the body's own good cells which can fight off sickness. The researchers took snapshots of the T helper cells as they were introduced to the salt, what they found is that not only do these cells turn into pathogenic TH17 cells but they also made the symptoms of the multiple sclerosis in mice worsen. Another study shown that humans whose diet consisted of more fast food than not had a higher level of TH17 in their blood. Although it can't be proven 100% yet, the researchers concluded that salt may have an effect of the pathogenic cells in the body. This is extremely relevant to our time period, especially with the amounts of fast food being consumed. I know that living in the south salt is very easy to come by and literally gets put onto everything. I'm not talking just a little sprinkle either. It's always been known that large amounts of salt isn't good for your health but if ingesting salt weakens your immune system as well, the US could be in for some serious issues. 
It's important we understand the impact that the food we ingest has on our bodies. If we took the time adjust our diets accordingly we would seemingly have much healthier lives. If only the fast food companies could get on board and at least take the salt shakers and packets out of reach that would be a start at changing for the better.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34625/title/Salt-at-Fault-/
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