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2 months ago | msn.com | Xiaoyue Xu |Bruce Neal

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2 months ago | medicalxpress.com | Xiaoyue Xu |Bruce Neal

This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines recommending people switch the regular salt they use at home for substitutes containing less sodium. But what exactly are these salt alternatives? And why is the WHO recommending this? Let's take a look. A new solution to an old problemAdvice to eat less salt (sodium chloride) is not new. It has been part of international and Australian guidelines for decades.

2 months ago | theconversation.com | Xiaoyue Xu |Bruce Neal

This week the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines recommending people switch the regular salt they use at home for substitutes containing less sodium. But what exactly are these salt alternatives? And why is the WHO recommending this? Let’s take a look. A new solution to an old problemAdvice to eat less salt (sodium chloride) is not new. It has been part of international and Australian guidelines for decades.

Jul 10, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Eden M. Barrett |Simone Pettigrew |Bruce Neal |Mike Rayner

1 INTRODUCTION Non-communicable diseases are responsible for nearly three-quarters of deaths worldwide.1 Diet is a leading modifiable risk factor, accounting for 26% of all premature deaths globally in 2017.2 Emerging research indicates that the consumption of ultra-processed foods, defined by the NOVA classification system, is a key component of unhealthy diets with associated increased risks of cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, obesity and some cancers.3, 4 The NOVA classification...