by Dr. Neravetla | May 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
In late April, I received the following email. You’ll find my answer below. Stories like these compel me to do everything I possibly can to get out the word about salt and heart health. Dear Dr. Neravetla, My name is Lori and I spoke to you at the Springfield Library...
by Dr. Neravetla | May 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Women live one third of their lives in a post-menopausal state. And nearly all post-menopausal women will get osteoporosis. That’s why 50 million women in America are at risk for osteoporosis. If you’re a Black American woman those stats are even worse. Between 80 and...
by Dr. Neravetla | May 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
All you Doubting Thomas-types out there, doubt no more. The infographic below summarizes all the health issues related salt. You could read it and weep, which is surely what will happen if you keep eating tons of salt. Or you can let the facts speak to you and make...
by Dr. Neravetla | Apr 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
The idea that we need more sodium than what is naturally contained in our food is a myth. The fact is that we get plenty of sodium in food naturally. Not only do we not need to add extra salt to our diets, our bodies are not built to handle extra salt. Dr. Lewis K....
by Dr. Neravetla | Apr 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
For at least six decades physicians and health care policymakers have been cautioning us about adding salt to our food. Each time when we begin to make a little progress on the salt prevention front, some media frenzy puts a major damper on the whole effort. Recently...
