Salt, Diet and Health: Neptune's poisoned chalice; the origins of high blood pressure

doi:10.1056/NEJM199906033402220

Volume 340:1770-1771		June 3, 1999		Number 22

Salt, Diet and Health: Neptune's poisoned chalice; the origins of high blood pressure

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By Graham A. MacGregor and Hugh E. de Wardener. 233 pp. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1998. $24.95 ISBN 0-521-58352-7.

How many of us would like our salaries paid in salt? Not theseauthors, for sure; but their opening chapters remind us withchoice historical and biblical anecdotes of the economic imperativesthat are mirrored in the derivation of the word from the Latinsal. Although the book is clearly written for the layperson,these opening chapters are instructive and entertaining forall readers. Of several anecdotes that linger in my mind, Ilike the King Lear–like saga of the youngest daughterbanished for likening her filial love to salt — untilshe persuaded the friendly cook to serve up . . . [Full Text of this Article]