date:Apr 08, 2014
rticipants in the study had high blood pressure, 18 per cent had diabetes and they were overweight.
Study method
In the first phase of the study, the 55 volunteers ate a low-sodium diet for four weeks. Researchers provided all foods and calorie-containing drinks.
In the second phase, half of the study volunteers participated in a 20-week intervention aimed at reducing their sodium intake to 1,500 mg/day by using herbs and spices. The other half reduced sodium on their own.
Those assigned to