Should You Cut Salt or Not? What the Science Really Says

Less salt, more flavour, longer life: this tweak does it all

Salt. It takes just half a teaspoon more than your body needs to start raising your blood pressure - and with it, your risk of stroke, heart attack and early death.

That isn’t some alarmist headline. It’s a reality backed by decades of research, and yet the advice around salt has never been more confusing.

Maybe you’ve tried to figure it out. One articl…