Introduction
pro‐inflammatory
The nutritional and immune status are closely intertwined in humans [Sodium is another nutrient which not only regulates the blood pressure, but is also thought to have direct pro‐inflammatory and autoimmune disease‐inducing effects on the immune system [No study, to our knowledge, has examined the effect of salt intake on cytokine concentrations in a placebo‐controlled, intervention study setup. Therefore, our aim was to utilize unique samples available from a dietary cross‐over intervention study to assess the effect of the salt intake (and diet) on systemic cytokine concentrations under clinically relevant settings 