You know all those nanny-staters that want to drastically reduce the amount of salt to which we're exposed? Much like the Great Egg Cholesterol Scare of the 80's, this one's taking a licking:
"People who ate lots of salt were not more likely to get high blood pressure, and were less likely to die of heart disease than those with a low salt intake ... The findings "certainly do not support the current recommendation to lower salt intake in the general population."
Says whom?
That would be Belgian scientist Dr. Jan Staessen (no waffler, he), who oversaw an 8 year study of almost 4,000 Europeans (whose physiology, it turns out, is remarkably similar to our own).
Contrast this with current US guidelines that are based on "data from short-term studies of people who volunteered to be assigned to a low-salt or high-salt," a rather self-selected group.
Now, if you've got high blood pressure or a heart condition, it's probably a good idea to continue limiting your daily intake of sodium chloride.
As for the rest of us, it's pretzel time!
[Hat Tip: RWN]
"People who ate lots of salt were not more likely to get high blood pressure, and were less likely to die of heart disease than those with a low salt intake ... The findings "certainly do not support the current recommendation to lower salt intake in the general population."
Says whom?
That would be Belgian scientist Dr. Jan Staessen (no waffler, he), who oversaw an 8 year study of almost 4,000 Europeans (whose physiology, it turns out, is remarkably similar to our own).
Contrast this with current US guidelines that are based on "data from short-term studies of people who volunteered to be assigned to a low-salt or high-salt," a rather self-selected group.
Now, if you've got high blood pressure or a heart condition, it's probably a good idea to continue limiting your daily intake of sodium chloride.
As for the rest of us, it's pretzel time!
[Hat Tip: RWN]
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