High salt intake does not alter cytokine levels
pro‐inflammatory
At the time of randomization to Healthy Nordic Diet and Habitual Diet there were no significant differences in the level of any tested cytokine between the two groups (data not shown) verifying the validity of the randomization. The cytokine measurements at the time of cross‐over and at the end of the study showed that Reduced Sodium Diet vs. Usual Sodium Diet did not have any significant effect on the circulating cytokine concentrations. Notably, the Usual Sodium Diet did not increase any of the measured signature cytokines for Th1 (IFN‐γ, IL‐12), Th2 (IL‐4, IL‐13), or Th17 (IL‐17, IL‐23) lymphocytes (Figure The effects of diet interventions on pro‐inflammatory interleukins. The effect of (The effects of diet interventions on systemic cytokine concentrations. The effect of (