Efforts to cut salt in the British diet behind plummeting deaths from heart disease, research suggests
By Laura Donnelly, Health Editor
6:00AM BST 15 Apr 2014
Falling salt consumption has played an “important role” in the plummeting number of deaths from heart disease in Britain, researchers have said.
Between 2003 and 2011 average salt intake in England reduced by around 15 per cent while the number of deaths from heart disease and stroke fell by 40 per cent, their study found.
Health campaigners said the changes showed the success of efforts to persuade food manufacturers to reduce the salt content in a host of foods.
High salt intake is linked to raised blood pressure, which is a major risk factor for heart disease.
The research by Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and Queen Mary University, London, examined more than 30,000 patients over an eight year period
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