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Did less salt in food mean less salt in people's bodies?
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Sodium Reduction Legislation and Urinary Sodium and Blood Pressure in South Africa.
doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2024.541033%
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Methodology score · 33/100
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In a village in South Africa, the government made food companies put less salt in their foods. Scientists checked if people's salt levels went down after this rule.
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Gaziano T, Kapaon D, du Toit JD, Crowther NJ, Wade AN, Fabian J, Riumallo-Herl C, Roberts-Toler FC, Gómez-Olivé X, Tollman S