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Default Eating less salt doesn't cut heart risks: study


"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7427AG20110503
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> What a shame!
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> James Silverton, Potomac
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AFAIK salt has never been definitively linked to heart problems or high
blood pressure.

For years (I'm talking back in the 1980's) I was cooking low-salt food for
my mother because the doctors said salt would raise her blood pressure.
False! Okay, it taught me to use herbs and spices in creative ways. That's
a good thing But the salt itself wasn't bad for her. And all the herbs
in the world won't make otherwise bland food (think potatoes and pasta)
taste good without a little sprinkling of salt.

Jill