Telling people to eat less salt doesn’t seem to actually change how much salt they eat or lower their blood pressure much, if at all.

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Sodium intake and hypertension.

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2006 Sep-Oct

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Sodium intake and hypertension.

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DOI: 10.1016/J.PCAD.2006.07.001

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