US Salt Intake Little Changed in 50 Years and Still Far Too High

Still think they have any idea what they are talking about?

A new review of 24-hour urinary sodium excretion as measured in a variety of US studies carried out in the past half century has found little change in salt consumption. The review was published online September 8, 2010 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Lead author Dr Adam M Bernstein (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA) told heartwire that, if anything, he had expected to see an increase in sodium consumption between 1957 and 2003, given that data from food surveys had indicated this. "In fact, we saw a small increase over time, but it was nonsignificant. Essentially, it remained flat," he said.

Survey says, "Oops."