Response statement of the Salt Institute to “Salt Content of Foods” issued by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, August 17, 2005
Shooting repeatedly at the wrong target will not raise CSPI’s marksmanship scores. If the target were correct, perhaps the additional ammunition CSPI recommends might be worth considering, but facts are facts – despite the contortions and twisting CPSI employs. Twelve studies have reported on the relationship of salt intakes and the incidence of heart attacks and strokes. Eleven of the twelve found no population health benefit to reducing dietary salt. Three, including two in the U.S. and one in Scotland, found just the opposite: rather than a health benefit, lowering dietary salt is associated with increased risk of stroke, heart attack and all-cause mortality. Let’s use the science we have, not abuse it. Substituting public relations for medical science is not the answer.
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