How Many Would Be Saved By Eating Less Salt?
Monday, November 30, 2009 10:07
U.K. Telegraph
Salt, a pinch here, a "bam" there, and food tastes better. It brings out the flavor, or so says my muumuu wearing grandmother.
But it also raises blood pressure, which explains why she would go into a blind rage, and throw rocks at crows for eating her figs.
And now, a new study confirms the heart risks of salt, and claims a reduction of just 5 grams of salt a day could save 3 million lives.