That is controversial.
Jay Cohn at the U of Minnesota has some interesting theories.
In order to survive the slave passage the slaves had to be able to
RETAIN salt in order to keep their intravascular volume up. Otherwise
they died of dehydration. So in that sense it was VERY important to be
"salt sensitive"
NR

On Jan 21, 2009, at 6:27 AM, beaptirl wrote:

> --- In commonsalt@yahoogroups.com, "sherefe" <sherefe@...> wrote:
> >
> > I am a free lance writer working on a health-related book. As I
> > recall, a number of years ago a specific physician suggested that
> some
> > people might be sensitive to salt. If my recollection is correct,
> > would someone be able to give me the name of that physician?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Linda Comac
> >
>
> Hello,
>
> Would this link be of any help?
>
> http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/press/01-02-15.htm
>
> Beatrice Payet
>
>
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Norman Ratliff III
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