Were you under the impression that I was disagreeing with the sodium-reduction guidelines because I was merely unaware that they existed?
No, my model of your view is that you were aware of the guidelines, but believe that sodium-reduction guidelines are on net harmful. Am I correct?
Both too little and too much salt is bad, but based on two the more recent meta-analyses I linked above, that deal with this controversy in the Ioannidis article you linked, I think the WHO salt reduction guidelines are on net good.
As a rule, public health messaging should be tell people to watch their salt intake to reduce their blood pressure, because:
average salt consumption is much higher than the WHO recommends
it will likely increase due to profit motives absent policy interventions
many more people with high blood pressure will benefit than people with low blood pressure would be harmed because they adapt a very low sodium diet on the basis of sodium reduction guidelines
No, my model of your view is that you were aware of the guidelines, but believe that sodium-reduction guidelines are on net harmful. Am I correct?
Both too little and too much salt is bad, but based on two the more recent meta-analyses I linked above, that deal with this controversy in the Ioannidis article you linked, I think the WHO salt reduction guidelines are on net good.
As a rule, public health messaging should be tell people to watch their salt intake to reduce their blood pressure, because:
average salt consumption is much higher than the WHO recommends
it will likely increase due to profit motives absent policy interventions
many more people with high blood pressure will benefit than people with low blood
pressure would be harmed because they adapt a very low sodium diet on the basis of sodium reduction guidelines