Pharmacologist and researcher Dr. James DiNicolantonio of Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute says we shouldn't have salt restriction and we should eat more of it. 

He says that low-sodium diets can actually increase bad cholesterol levels, impair our sugar metabolism and activate our renin-angiotensin system, a network of hormones that regulates blood volume and is a known contributor to hypertension when overactive.

Read the whole article to find out why, here.