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How salt hate your bones: the nexus between high dietary salt intake and bone loss

High dietary salt intake induces bone loss by enhancing bone lethal Th17 cells and suppressing bone protecting Treg cells.

Osteoporosis weaken bones making them fragile and highly susceptible to fractures due to reduction in bone mass via depletion of bone minerals. This leads to higher incidences of fractures many folds responsible for enhanced morbidity and mortality.