https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/mdcf-tms043021.php
News Release 30-Apr-2021
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association
For many of us, adding salt to a meal is a perfectly normal thing to do. We don't really think about it. But actually, we should. As well as raising our blood pressure, too much salt can severely disrupt the energy balance in immune cells and stop them from working properly.
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This has consequences: The lack of energy causes the monocytes to mature differently. "The phagocytes, whose task is to identify and eliminate pathogens in the body, were able to fight off infections more effectively. But this could also promote inflammation, which might increase cardiovascular risk," explains Müller.
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