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kmud-130315-palpitations-and-cardiac-events — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview kmud-130315-palpitations-and-cardiac-events. The excerpt begins at 00:45:51 and runs for 54 seconds.

Okay, so I wanted to pick up where you left off last, talking about aldosterone as being a bad compound in the body that I think we're naturally exposed to as part of the kind of kidney and renin-angiotensin system. Yeah, there are several things that will start that process towards hypertension and inflammation and degeneration. Low blood sugar is enough to start the process signaling your kidneys to send out renin and starting the process to produce aldosterone. Not eating enough salt is another thing that raises the aldosterone.