Salt reduction may not reduce risk of heart disease

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 6, 2011

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Putting Down the Salt Shaker May Not Help Heart

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Primary source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Source reference:
Taylor RS, et al “Reduced dietary salt for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (Review)” Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011; DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009217. 

Additional source: American Journal of Hypertension
Source reference:
Taylor RS, et al “Reduced dietary salt for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Cochrane Review)” Am J Hypertens 2011; DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.115.