Biggest Health & Nutrition Story of 2011: Salt Vindicated
The Salt Institute says 2011 was a year of vindication for salt as half a dozen medical studies showed health benefits of salt or revealed significant risks of low-sodium diets. Other important 2011 salt stories included journalists questioning an anti-salt orthodoxy, the Salt Institute calling for withdrawal of U.S. Dietary Guidelines on sodium and Campbell's bringing back the salt to improve the taste of its slumping soups.
“The vindication of salt is probably the biggest health and nutrition story of 2011,” said Lori Roman, president of the Salt Institute. “Everyone knows salt tastes good, but the latest research published in leading medical journals confirms that salt is good for you, too. The medical studies underline what we have been saying for years: science is on salt’s side.”