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Salt Is Killing our Kids

Springfield, OH – June 21, 2012 – The declining health of America’s children has a lot to do with a culprit few even suspect: salt. In Salt Kills (Health Now Books, 2012), Dr. Surender R. Neravetla, a heart surgeon and the Director of Cardiac Surgery...

There Is No Question: Salt Kills

On 6/2/12, the New York Times ran an Op Ed piece “Salt, We Misjudged You” by medical researcher Gary Taubes which was misleading at best. As a practicing cardiac surgeon who has spent the last several years researching studies related to salt, I know...

Sea Salt

Is sea salt better than regular salt? This question has come up a lot from readers and people attending my talks. Most people who asked this question had the impression that sea salt was a healthier alternative from for a number of reasons. They argued that sea salt...