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For years, doctors have recommended reducing salt intake as a way to lower blood pressure and, presumably, risk of dying from heart attacks and other diseases. But a literature review published this week in the American Journal of Hypertension, found “no clear evidence” that sodium reduction can help save lives, The Washington Post reports. Seven studies of more than 6,000 adults with normal or high blood pressure who ate less salt were no less likely to die, though they did, on average, experience a small decrease in blood pressure.
The study, commissioned by the Cochrane Collaboration, does not rule out the possibility that reducing salt can be beneficial, however, and the researchers call for more research to better understand the effects of dietary sodium.
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