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salt claims backfire A study which claimed that to show that blanket salt reduction campaigns like the UK's was saving thousands of lives has backfired. The paper appeared to show a dramatic reduction in the average blood pressure of people in Finland as a direct result of a sustained 25 to 30-year anti-salt campaign which saw consumption fall from 14 grammes a day in the 1960s to eight grammes a day by 2000. The current average in the UK is nine grammes and the Government's target is six grammes. But the claims do not stand up to closer analysis by the US-based Salt Institute and the UK-based Salt Association. Both point out that the improvement in blood pressure was substantially weaker than that achieved in the US, where average salt consumption has actually increased. The story is similar in the UK, Canada, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, where all reduced their heart disease over 30 years but none claim any reduction in salt intake. Further information:Salt Institute analysis
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