Christina Charania

Reducing salt could save lives: study

By Christina Charania Photo by Vaikunthe Banerjee A study organized by researchers at Simon Fraser University, Harvard Medical School, and the University of California San Francisco quantifies the benefit of a reduced sodium diet. The research found that America-wide sodium cuts could prevent a significant portion of the population from dying prematurely. “We had been invited by the US Center for Disease Control to examine one model that they could use to draft policies related to sodium intake and the risks of cardiovascular diseases,” said SFU health sciences professor and co-author Michel Joffres. “Reducing this diet component that is not…

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