The Importance of Salt Restrictions

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In his previous books, Dr Andrew Wexler has not addressed salt. He says the medical evidence was so clearly overwhelming that salt was bad for you. But he became increasingly concerned that we'd really hype salt as a problem. The amount of benefit the population would get from a salt reduction is pretty minor and hasn't really been proved.

Tim Spector is a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London, director of the Twins UK study, Scientific co-founder at ZOE, and one of the world’s leading researchers. He's also the author of Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well, his latest book focusing on nutrition and health. Tim trained originally in rheumatology and epidemiology.

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