Eat less sodium for better heart: Lancet

High levels of sodium – an ingredient of salt – are one of the main dietary risks of death and disability.

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Packaged foods are a major source of sodium intake in high-income countries, and increasingly becoming so in low- and middle-income countries. However, researchers, including those from The George Institute for Global Health, Hyderabad, said that India has no national strategy for sodium reduction despite people consuming double the recommended intake and increasing amounts of packaged foods.