A recent study conducted by Queen Mary University in the United Kingdom showed that reducing salt consumption to one gram per day would be sufficient to prevent 9 million cases of heart attacks and strokes. For their research, the authors used data on salt consumption in China, where the average intake is 11 grams per day, which is twice as high as the recommendation by the World Health Organization - 5 grams.
This study, published in the medical journal BMJ Nutrition, concluded that reducing salt intake leads to a decrease in mortality from cardiovascular diseases due to proposed reductions in systolic blood pressure from salt consumption. Researchers recommend a gradual reduction in intake to 3.2 grams per day by 2025 and to 5 grams per day by 2030.
Cardiovascular diseases account for 40% of total deaths in China, prompting the government to initiate a program "Healthy China 2030" aimed at achieving the specified salt consumption of 5 grams per day. However, with a population of 1.4 billion people, this goal is not easy to accomplish.
