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Can Salt Lead to MS?

By KSEE Sales
March 12, 2013 Updated Mar 12, 2013 at 3:20 PM PDT

A rise in autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis may be a result of too much salt in our diet. Researchers at Yale University used mice to understand how salt and genes interact with the immune system.

They found mice fed a high-salt diet made more cells associated with an immune system attack on the body. The mice were also more likely to develop worse forms of MS.

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