The evidence on salt in diets from elsewhere in the world is inconclusive – this could be because of difficulties in measuring total salt, it notes.
“Evidence on total salt intake, from studies worldwide, didn’t show a strong link with stomach cancer. More research needs to be done to examine the impact of high-salt foods commonly eaten in the West.”
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The findings are concerning nonetheless – the average person in the UK is thought to eat around 8.1g salt a day.
That’s a “third more than the maximum recommended intake of 6g a day, putting us all at increased risk of suffering later on in life”, warns Action on Salt, a group concerned with salt and its effects on health.
Source: Daily Express
