More flavour, less salt, experts says. And they recommend adding spices, chilli, citrus, fresh herbs, garlic or black pepper to your food rather than salt.
“There is increasing evidence supporting links between our current high salt diets and the onset of stomach cancer, osteoporosis, obesity and kidney stones and kidney disease,” says the Department of Health.
“The research shows that men eat more salt than women and on average have a higher blood pressure than women, particularly at a younger age, and are less likely to have their blood pressure measured, to take action to reduce it when it is raised or to take blood pressure lowering drugs.”
