Salts and energy balance: A special role for dietary salts in metabolic syndrome.

Background: Dietary salts sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg2), and calcium (Ca2) are important in metabolic diseases. Yet, we do not have sufficient understanding on the salts global molecular network in these diseases. In this systematic review we have pooled information to identify the general effect of salts on obesity, insulin resistance and hypertension.