Salt intake and health in the Australian population

Beard, Trevor C

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02434.x

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To the Editor: Keogh and Clifton’s call for salt reduction in the food supply1 comes when the National Heart Foundation is telling doctors who treat patients with hypertension that they should “recommend low-salt and reduced-salt foods as part of a healthy eating pattern”.2

Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS.

Correspondence: Trevor.Beard@utas.edu.au

Competing interests:

Reference 3 is a book of which I am the sole author and for which I receive royalties.

1. Keogh JB, Clifton PM. Salt intake and health in the Australian population [letter]. Med J Aust 2008; 189: 526. <eMJA full text> <MJA full text>
2. National Heart Foundation of Australia (National Blood Pressure and Vascular Disease Advisory Committee). Guide to management of hypertension 2008. Quick reference guide for health professionals. Canberra: NHFA, 2008.
3. Beard TC. Salt Matters: the killer condiment. Sydney: Hachette Livre, 2007.
4. Halmagyi GM, Cremer PD. Assessment and treatment of dizziness. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000; 68: 129-134.
5. Ménière’s Resource and Information Centre. Treatment of Ménière’s disease. Modify your diet: low salt diet. http://www.menieres.org.au/treatment.htm#lowsalt (accessed Jan 2009).
6. National Heart Foundation of Australia. Salt and hypertension (professional paper). May 2007. http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/Nut%20Salt%20and%20Hypertension.pdf (accessed Jan 2009).

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