Salt and light: risks of less sodium.

AuthorBailey, Ronald
PositionCitings - Brief article

FOR YEARS scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health, the American Heart Association, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest have tried to get the U.S. government to lower the recommended daily limit for sodium intake from 2,300 milligrams to 1,500 milligrams--about two-thirds of a teaspoon. In particular, they warned people with high or even somewhat elevated blood pressure, people over age 40, African Americans, and diabetics not to consume more than 1,500 milligrams per day.

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But a May 2013 study by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) calls those recommendations into question. That review, commissioned by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that contrary...

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