Reduce Salt And You Reduce Deaths

Reducing salt intake by a third would save millions of lives worldwide.
The three-gram cut, or half a teaspoon less each day, would prevent 20,000 deaths by strokes and heart attacks in the UK alone each year, say scientists.
And with three-quarters of the salt coming from processed food, they want limits on how much producers add to their products.
The same three-gram cut in the USA would result in up to 120,000 fewer cases of coronary heart disease, up to 66,000 strokes and 99,000 heart attacks annually.
Evidence from a very wide variety of studies shows a consistent direct relation between salt intake and blood pressure.
Researchers say targeting consumers is not enough as most salt is added before products are sold.