February 12, 2013 at 10:33am 70 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Hold the salt, please: A half-million premature deaths could be prevented over the next decade in America alone, if only the decision was made to steadily reduce our intake of salt.The findings come courtesy of researchers from UC San Francisco, Harvard University’s School of Public Health and Simon Fraser University in Canada, whose independent studies on salt intake came to similar conclusions, published Tuesday in the American Heart Assn.’s journal Hypertension. But that’s not all: A more abrupt reduction to 2,200 milligrams per day—a 40% drop from current levels—could boost the tally of lives saved over 10 years to 850,000, researchers have projected. Read more why even moderate cutbacks in salt can produce long-term health benefits on Booster Shots. (Photo via Anacleto Rapping / Los Angeles Times)

Hold the salt, please: A half-million premature deaths could be prevented over the next decade in America alone, if only the decision was made to steadily reduce our intake of salt.

The findings come courtesy of researchers from UC San Francisco, Harvard University’s School of Public Health and Simon Fraser University in Canada, whose independent studies on salt intake came to similar conclusions, published Tuesday in the American Heart Assn.’s journal Hypertension.

But that’s not all:

A more abrupt reduction to 2,200 milligrams per day—a 40% drop from current levels—could boost the tally of lives saved over 10 years to 850,000, researchers have projected.

Read more why even moderate cutbacks in salt can produce long-term health benefits on Booster Shots.

(Photo via Anacleto Rapping / Los Angeles Times)

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