Two recent studies abstracted in the New England Journal of Medicine attempt to determine whether “a reduction in the sodium intake of entire populations would be a worthwhile public health measure”. After studying over 100,000 people in each of the two studies, the authors’ conclusion, as summarized by Dalrymple, will probably not surprise you:

In fact, the editorial did not advocate a reduction in the world intake of salt… The conclusion is that more research is necessary (it always is).