Reduce Salt Consumption - Health Benefits and Tips

Guidance for individuals interested in lowering their salt intake for better heart and overall health.
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Prepared by Lee Cheng, reviewed by Dr. Helena Rodriguez

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How to reduce salt intake?

WHO emphasizes the importance of reducing salt intake and highlights practical actions that Member State authorities can take to implement policies to reduce population level salt intake and promote health and well-being. 1. Shake the salt habit: no more than 5 grams (g) per day

Which interventions reduce salt?

Health and nutrition education interventions appeared to be the ones that achieved the greatest salt reduction, with salt reduction ranging from about 0.9 g/day to 4.7 g/day. Salt reduction in nutritional education, plus other interventions, ranged from about 0.57 g/day to 4.5 g/day.

How can we reduce salt in food?

To have the biggest impact on everyone’s salt intake and to reduce heart and circulatory disease, we need to lower salt in food before the point of purchase. This can be done through food reformulation: manufacturers changing the recipes of their products to reduce the salt (or sugar or fat), without compromising on taste.

Does reducing salt intake reduce cardiovascular disease risk?

Background: Adequate sodium intake is important for lowering blood pressure and thus reducing cardiovascular disease risk and other complications. The aim of this review is to identify recent interventions around the world that have been successful in reducing salt intake.

Do consumer education-based interventions reduce salt consumption?

Conclusions Consumer education-based interventions alone reduce salt intake, but also when combined with other strategies. Tools for estimating salt consumption and self-monitoring of its consumption are also successful in reducing it.

How do educational interventions help reduce salt intake?

Educational interventions provide consumers with information, education or skills to reduce salt intake, altering people’s salt behavior, strengthening knowledge of salt and its adverse effects and abilities to help reduce salt intake [ 11, 12 ].

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