Kgnu - How On Earth

Here's an extended version of Shelley Schlender's interview with Dariush Mozaffarian on Salt.  Note that in the interview, Shelley asks Dr. Mozaffarian to comment on some of the assertions made in the popular press, Scientific American story, It's Time to End the War on Salt."  The interview mentions a citation in the popular press article about the Cochrane Collaboration's view on salt.  After the interview, Mozaffarian's pointed out this more recent assessment from the Cochrane Collaboration: The most recent on salt and blood pressure is below: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(3):CD004937. Effect of longer-term modest salt reduction on blood pressure. He FJ, MacGregor GA. Here are the verbatim conclusions from that report: "CONCLUSIONS: Our meta-analysis demonstrates that a modest reduction in salt intake for a duration of 4 or more weeks has a significant and, from a population viewpoint, important effect on blood pressure in both individuals with normal and elevated blood pressure. These results suppor