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no link to blood pressure Government salt-reduction guidelines have been seriously undermined by a review of medical evidence on salt by Dr Joel Dunning (a specialist registrar at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough). The review of no fewer than 462 papers from around the world found no conclusive proof of a link between salt and blood pressure and dismissed the theory that salt can cause strokes and heart attacks as 'an argument of hope over reason'. Dr Dunning and his team made a very clear case for proper randomized trials. And they added that the campaign for salt reduction is "a case of people who want to restrict other people's diet talking before they have read the evidence. Government Ministers like to be up in front of the camera telling us their latest recommendations or guidelines. But the evidence that salt is bad for you is non-existent." Further information:Press release Research paper Mail on Sunday
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