Should we all be avoiding salt?
In 5 of [these] 11 studies, there was no association between salt intake and clinical outcome.
| Urine | |
| 17-ketosteroids | 5-15 mg/24 hr |
| 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (Porter-Silber) | 5-11 mg/24 hr |
| Cortisol metabolites (Michelakis) | 7-17 mgI24 hr |
| FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) | 8-32 mouse uterine units/24 hours |
| Total estrogens | 4-60 mcgI24 hr |
| Blood | |
| erythrocyte sedimentation rate | 20 mm/hr (female) |
| Serum PB! (protein-bound iodine) | 3.8-8.0 mcg/dl |
| Serum cholesterol | 150-260 mg/dl |
| T3 sponge uptake | 40-60% |
| T4 | 4.5-10.0 mcg/dl |
| T3 index | 0.8-1.2 |
| T3 by RIA (radioimmunoassay) | 65-215 ng/dl |
| Plasma FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) | |
| female—pre-ovulatory | 15-30 mIU/ml |
| male | 5-40 mIU/ml |
| Plasma ACTH by RIA | 15-100 pg/ml |
| Plasma cortisol by RIA | |
| 8 AM | 15-25 mcg/dl |
| 5 PM | 5-10 mcg/dl |
| Plasma desoxycorticosterone | 5-15 ng/dl |
| Plasma total estrogens | |
| female—pre-ovulatory | 45-200 pg/ml |
| male | 10-80 pg/ml |
Source: The Safe Uses of Cortisol 3rd edition by. William Mck. Jefferies, MD
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