Strategy to reduce salt intake 'could lead to 20,000 fewer deaths each year from cardiovascular disease'

Strategy to reduce salt intake 'could lead to 20,000 fewer deaths each year from cardiovascular disease': Strategy to reduce salt intake 'could lead to 20,000 fewer deaths each year from cardiovascular disease': Source: NICE

NICE has reported that a new government strategy to reduce salt intake could lead to 20,000 fewer deaths each year from cardiovascular disease (CVD). In order to limit the harm caused to health by excess of salt, the government has launched a new strategy that aims to help reduce the daily intake of salt from an average of 8.1g a day to 6g a day. The policy follows the NICE pathway on diet, based on guidance originally published in 2010, which recommends aiming for a maximum salt intake of 6g per day per adult by 2015, and 3g by 2025.
 
NICE says that a 3g reduction of daily salt intake by adults, to achieve a target of 6g, would lead to around 14-20,000 fewer deaths from CVD each year.
 
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