Hypertension
More evidence needed for "salt assault"
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 11th, 2004
"Only then will our public officials be persuaded to pass legislation to reduce the salt content of processed foods," said Geza Simon, MD, PhD, of the Hypertension Clinic at the VA Medical Center, Minneapolis. He noted that the range of habitual salt consumption in highly civilized societies is between 4 and 12 g a day.
Simon's findings were published in the American Journal of Hypertension.
"This is a complex issue since sodium is...
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