We currently eat too much salt in our diet. If we cut our daily intake from around 9g ( a teaspoon and a half) a day to the recommended 6g (around a teaspoon) a day, then 35,000 heart attacks and strokes could be prevented each year in the UK.
Don't forget that a lot of salt is hidden in ready meals, tinned foods and cakes, biscuits, bread, pies, etc.
If you have a food allergy or coeliac disease, some wheat and dairy-free products have extra salt compared with levels in standard products, so read labels carefully.
