How could a high salt diet lead to high blood pressure and stroke?

I’d like to know the answer I think it has something to do with osmosis.

It has to do with water retention. Salt makes you retain water. Then the water retention makes you swell. That affects your blood pressure, and having high blood pressure contributes to the stroke.

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