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Strong Opposition
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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Evidence from Studies
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No supporting evidence found
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Sodium intake and hypertension.
Narrative Review
2006 Sep-OctThe study says that just telling people to eat less salt doesn’t do much by itself — which is exactly what the claim says. But it also found that cutting salt along with eating more healthy minerals works really well.
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