Salt wars

Updated December 19 2012 - 11:08am, first published December 3 2012 - 4:00am
Adding spice … a research paper by Dr Elif Ekinci (above) and Professor George Jerums (below) casts doubt on claims exces salt is necessarily bad.
Adding spice … a research paper by Dr Elif Ekinci (above) and Professor George Jerums (below) casts doubt on claims exces salt is necessarily bad.
Myth buster … Professor George Jerums.
Myth buster … Professor George Jerums.
Salt of the earth … professor Bruce Neal has taken the low-salt message global.
Salt of the earth … professor Bruce Neal has taken the low-salt message global.

The benefits of reduced sodium chloride consumption have long been accepted, but some experts say this should be taken with a grain of, well, salt. Mark Whittaker meets those shaking up accepted medical thought.

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