A Large Order of Gut Microbes, Hold the Salt

We all know that too much salt in the diet isn’t good for health. High salt levels can lead to high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. New studies in mice and humans by researchers in Germany, the U.S. and Belgium, have now shown that high levels of dietary salt also strip the microbiome of specific bacteria. The results suggest that taking tailored probiotics to replace the missing bacteria could help to reduce hypertension induced by a diet high in salt, and have more wide-rangin