date:Apr 16, 2014
s (e.g. 62% of all strokes and 49% of heart disease). A high salt intake is the major factor that puts up our blood pressure.
In the mid-90s an action group, Consensus Action on Salt Health (CASH), was set up, consisting of leading experts on salt and blood pressure in the UK. CASH was successful in persuading the government to invite the Food Standards Agency to develop a salt reduction programme, working in collaboration with CASH. As 80% of the salt that is consumed in the UK is put there b