Cutting salt - more evidence of the good to be had
21 Jan 2010
A reduction of as little as 3g in daily salt intake could make a big difference to heart disease risk, according to scientists in the US. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers say such a reduction across the US would have a similar positive effect as would a drop of 50 per cent in the smoking rate and a 5 per cent decline in body mass index among obese adults.