date:May 18, 2012
According to the National Heart Foundation, the average Australian eats around nine grams of salt a day far in excess of the Heart Foundations recommended maximum of six grams for healthy Australians and four grams for people with existing high blood pressure or heart disease.
Dr Robert Grenfell, Clinical Issues Director at the Heart Foundation said, Research suggests that if we cut the nations salt intake by an average of three grams a day, we could prevent 6,000 deaths in Australia every ye