A new Cochrane review on dietary salt interventions was published last week by Graudal et. al (1), an update to a 2003 review. The meta-analyses examined the effects of randomized interventions with high or low dietary salt on blood pressure (BP), hormones and lipids. The trials included consisted of subjects with normal or elevated BP, and sodium intake estimated via 24 hour sodium excretion. In total, 167 studies were included that compared dietary sodium intakes <120 mmol with >150 mmol. Read more [...]

Melinda Wenner Moyer, a journalist at Scientific American, recently published a new article titled: It's Time to End the War on Salt.  I was anxious to read an article with such a dramatic headline (do I need to adjust my perspective?) as Melinda strikes me as progressive and current with articles such as this one that covers recent research suggesting we switch the hard focus off saturated fat and onto refined carbohydrates.  After reading the article and digging deeper, however, I found that Read more [...]