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Reducing salt intake by just 1 teaspoon a day has same effect as blood pressure meds, study finds

'Degree of improvement is comparable to taking blood pressure medication, but without side effects,' says cardiologist


An estimated 61.9 million U.S. adults are on blood pressure medication, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — but a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that cutting just 1 teaspoon of salt each day could have the same effect.

Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Northwestern Medicine and the University of Alabama at Birmingham studied a cohort of 213 individuals aged 50 to 75 years. ---More...

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