Studies discussed:
Dietary salt may be casual for salt-sensitive hypertension:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32591971/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33004230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520886/
51% of hypertensive people have a salt sensitivity and 26% of normotensive people have a salt sensitivity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6116721/
Sugar only increases hypertension & CVD risk when it adds additional calories. Meta-analysis:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28003201/
Fat is only harmful in the presence of refined carbohydrate?
Well refined carbohydrates are only harmful in the presence of dietary fat:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1200726 (study where patients lost an average of 140 lbs and improved all blood markers of health following a diet made up of mostly white rice, fruit, juice, and white sugar)
Kuna of panama get 65% of their dietary calories (USA is only 49%) from carbohydrate (& 17% from sugar) and are lean and do not develop heart disease:
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.HYP.29.1.171
Dietary fat and carbohydrate are EQUALLY fattening when overconsumed:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7598063/
Junk food increases hunger
https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/pdf/S1550-4131(19)30248-7.pdf