Dietary Sodium, Oxidative Stress, and Pulsatile Hemodynamics

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy individuals (age 21-45) who are either sedentary (1 or less days of exercise per week during past year) or habitually active (4 or more days of aerobic exercise per week for a minimum of 1 year) Exclusion Criteria: * Body mass index \<18 or \>35 * Systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 * Blood donation within past 8 weeks, * Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency * A history of cancer, diabetes, or any other chronic disease * A history of any heart disease * A history of hormone therapy * Use of nicotine products * Pregnancy * Nursing mothers * Participation in regular physical activity greater than 1 day/week- but less than 4 days/week