Salt reduction recommended for everyone

BY SUCCESSIVELY lowering the NaCl content of industrially processed foods by 40 to 50 per cent, people抯 daily salt intake would be lowered to 5 to 6 grams per day per head of population and consequently lower the risk of cardiovascular morbidities. This is the conclusion that Dieter Klaus and colleagues come to in the July issue of Deutsches 膔zteblatt International.

People whose intake of dietary sodium chloride is in excess of 6g per day increase their risk of cardiovascular morbidities and hypertension. This is particularly notable in view of the fact that in the Western industrialised nations, one in two deaths is due to a cardiovascular disorder and the average intake of sodium chloride is in the range of 8 to 12 g/d.

Salt restriction may help not only to prevent cardiovascular morbidities but may also counteract other lifestyle diseases such as obesity and diabetes.

As a preventive measure, the authors suggest reducing dietary salt intake population-wide.Mens Running Shoes