Salt Responsible for 1 in 10 Deaths

A Harvard University study has discovered that 10% of deaths in America is linked to excessive salt consumption.

The same group that released a statement linking sugary drinks to 25,000 deaths in the United States each year conducted the study.

“The burden of sodium is much higher than the burden of sugar-sweetened beverages,” Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian said. “That’s because sugar-sweetened beverages are just one type of food that people can avoid, whereas sodium is in everything.”

The study was presented at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting. The study showed that it’s very hard for the average American to cut sodium intake. The top two sources of sodium in the U.S. are bread and cheese.

The Salt Institute took offense to the study.

“The Salt Institute does not consider this misleading modeling exercise helpful in furthering our knowledge of the role of salt on our health,” Morton Satin of the Institute said. “On the contrary, it is disingenuous and disrespectful of consumers.”

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