Hey guys, I'm Max Lugovir, a filmmaker and health and science journalist.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind how our choices,

including what we eat and how we live,

affects our cognitive and physical performance,

as well as our health span and risk for disease.

I think these are all really important topics,

and I try to be as rigorous as I can in my own studies and analyses of the primary literature.

But there are definitely some territories for me that remain uncharted,

and one of those territories involves sodium and salt.

Well, in this episode, I charter that territory,

and you're coming along with me for the journey.

In this episode, I interview Dr. James D. Nicol Antonio,

who is an incredibly brilliant doctor of pharmacy.

He's a cardiovascular research scientist.

He has published and continues to publish many scientific papers that are published

in some of our most prestigious peer-reviewed journals.

He is a treat to follow on Twitter.

His Twitter handle is Dr. James Dinnick.

And he's also the author of a book that came out recently called The Salt Fix.

Now, I have to admit, when I first heard of his work on sodium and salt

and educating the public on the importance of sodium,

which is actually a nutrient, part of me was a little bit skeptical.

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