Sodium guidelines under scrutiny: Only regions consuming over 5g a day should be targeted, concludes
date:Aug 13, 2018
nd low sodium (below 3g/day) intake was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and mortality in people with or without hypertension. By including the community level analyses, and additional years follow-up, the new study adds additional evidence and approaches to prevention for communities and countries.

Writing in a linked comment, Franz H Messerli and Louis Hofstetter, University Hospital, Bern (Switzerland) and Sripal Bangalore, New York University School of Medicine (US

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