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The Reassuring Science of Salt Consumption
Too much salt is definitely bad for you. But most people probably won't benefit from eating less of it.
Everything in moderation.
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Here’s a salt paradox.
On the one hand you have a respected U.S. public health official1465154618739 declaring in the Journal of the American Medical Association that reducing salt consumption will save hundreds of thousands of lives, and warning that 90 percent of Americans eat too much of it.