date:Apr 17, 2014
Research undertaken by the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Queen Mary University of London indicates that salt reduction measures taken in the UK have had a positive effect on the nations health.
From 2003 to 2011, there was a decrease in mortality from stroke by 42% and IHD (ischaemic heart disease) by 40%. In parallel, there was a fall in BP (blood pressure) of 3.00.33/1.40.20 mm Hg (p0.001/p0.001), a decrease of 0.40.02 mmol/L in cholesterol, a reduction in smoking prevalenc