In Finland, when people ate about one-third less salt over 30 years, their blood pressure dropped by more than 10 points, and far fewer people died from strokes and heart disease.

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Sodium intake and hypertension.

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2006 Sep-Oct

The study says that when Finns ate less salt over 30 years, their blood pressure dropped a lot and far fewer people died from heart attacks and strokes — exactly what the claim says.

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Sodium intake and hypertension.

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DOI: 10.1016/J.PCAD.2006.07.001

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