Expert Opinion
There is strong evidence to support salt as a vital nutrient to our bodies and that the recent government campaign aimed at reducing our salt intake could be too generalised.
The Salt Association is working with some leading nutritionists and expert academics to provide reputable research and opinion on salt related matters to help balance the debate.
Our Editorial Advisory Board is here to help educate people on the importance of salt in our diets.
Professor Tony Heagerty
We put several key questions to Professor Tony Heagerty, who is a UK expert on hypertension. Professor Heagerty is a professor of medicine at the University of Manchester and a consultant physician on the staff of the Manchester Royal Infirmary. He is a former president of the European Society of Hypertension.
Dr David McCarron
Dr David McCarron is one of the world’s leading experts on the effects of nutrition on hypertension. He has been involved with an analysis of survey data on blood pressure and nutrient intake from more than 20,000 adults in National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys in the US over the past 20 years. It confirms that it is mineral deficiency rather than sodium intake that is the main influencer in high blood pressure.
Dr McCarron presented these findings at a recent London nutrition conference, where he also called for a health outcomes study to determine whether salt intake had any long-term effect on our health.
Dr Hillary Jones
Dr Hillary Jones is the leading medical expert on ITV1′s Daybreak and is The Salt Association’s leading medical advisor on all salt and health related issues.
Visit SaltSense.co.uk to see what Dr Hillary has to say on the effects of losing too much salt when exercising.
Martin MacDonald
Martin MacDonald is our leading nutritionist and is an expert on all nutritional aspects of salt in our diets.
Visit SaltSense.co.uk to see what Martin thinks about salt and our health.
Features
Our features area provides an opportunity to browse what others have written on the salt and health issue. We are indebted to the authors below, who have each given their permission. Their copyright is acknowledged.
- Robert Matthews, QED: Take it with a pinch of salt. Sunday Telegraph, 27 April 05
- Unsound science? Chemistry & Industry Magazine, 1 Nov 04
- Dr James Le Fanu, Take Sid the Slug’s warning with a pinch of salt. The Daily Telegraph, 4 Oct 04
- Peter Marsh, A SAD occasion. Social Issues Research Centre, 20 Jan 04.
Below are links to articles on external websites
- Paul J Rosch, Take the latest low sodium advice…with a grain of salt. Health and Stress newsletter, The American Institute of Stress
- Why Files, Salt and other wounds.
