https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31916-X/fulltext

Controversy about salt started


This from HERE

"Andrew Mente, PhD, an associate professor of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and colleagues pooled results of four studies that measured salt intake and tracked cardiovascular health. Together, the studies involved 133,118 people from 49 countries. Each study used a single, morning urine sample from each person to estimate their regular daily salt intake for extended periods of time. People with less than 3,000 mg of sodium in their urine were assigned to the low-sodium group, while 7,000 mg or more of urinary sodium was considered high-sodium.

Mente told HealthDay that his study results showed that a low-salt diet increases the risk of heart attack or stroke 26% for people without hypertension and 34% for people with hypertension. "