Salt & Health
blood pressure| heart | cancer | kidneys | osteoporosis | asthma | obesity | fluid retention
There is strong evidence that links our current high salt intakes to high blood pressure. High blood pressure is the main cause of strokes and a major cause of heart attacks, two of the most common causes of death and illness in the world. It is also widely recognised that a high salt diet has other adverse effects, such as osteoporosis, cancer of the stomach, obesity and exacerbating the symptoms of asthma.
Click on the links above to find out about the effect that salt has on health.
Click on the links below to view downloadable fact sheets on each health condition
(These are original documents which you may download for free and copy as long as you keep the reference to CASH).
Salt and Blood Pressure
Salt and Kidney Disease and Kidney Stones
Salt and Obesity
Salt and Osteoporosis
Salt and Other Conditions (Meniere's disease, asthma, diabetes)
Salt and Stomach Cancer
Salt and Stroke and Heart disease