Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2019
Abstract
High salt consumption contributes to the development of various diseases. For this reason, the World Health Organization and other professional societies have made recommendations to reduce the intake of table salt to less than 5 g/24 hours.
Unfortunately, these recommendations are based on studies with poor quality methodology and inconsistent results. While the need to reduce salt intake in obese hypertensive patients, patients with heart failure, or renal insufficiency patints is out of the question, the WHO recommendation goes too far and such a reduction in salt intake in the population may have adverse effects.