Making the salt-blood pressure link
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 07:56
in Health & Medicine
A follow-up study last year of 2,500 people who had cut sodium intake showed reduced risk for cardiovascular disease. Still, some experts say the case against salt is weak because of the body's abilit One of the strongest sets of evidence linking salt to hypertension comes from a series of studies called DASH, for "Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension."