Once again the American Heart Association is sticking by its recommendation that pretty much everyone should consume no more than 1,500 milligrams of sodium each day. This is dramatically lower than the 3,500 mg/d the average American now consumes. In a blog post reprinted on MedPage Today the president of the American Heart Association, Elliott Antman, assails a study published earlier this week which found no benefits– and even a hint of harm– for elderly people with low sodium consumption.
But Antman only tells one side of the story.
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