Salt and health/External Links

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Government bodies

Many other government bodies are listed in the References section above.

• France: Afssa – Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (French Food Safety Agency) Salt
• France: Afssa Report on Salt: Evaluation and recommendations
• France: Afssa Salt consumption: How things stand five years on, thanks to INCA 2
• Ireland: Food Safety Authority of Ireland Salt and Health
• UK: Food Standards Agency Salt campaign
• UK: Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) Salt and Health (PDF) and Salt Subgroup minutes
• UK: Why 6g? A summary of the scientific evidence for the salt intake target

Medical authorities

• The Cochrane Collaboration "Effect of longer-term modest salt reduction on blood pressure"
• Menzies Research Institute Salt Matters Web Site

Universities

• University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Nutrition for Health and Fitness: Sodium in Your Diet

Charities and campaigns

• British Nutrition Foundation article "Salt in the Diet"
• Consensus Action on Salt and Health (UK charity)
• Action on Salt and Health
• CSPI page Salt: The Forgotten Killer
• Irish Heart Foundation booklet Time to cut down on salt (PDF format)
• World Action on Salt and Health (WASH)

Journalism

• BBC article "Salt: friend or foe?"
• BBC medical notes "Salt"
• Guardian article The sceptic
• Ockham's Razor Salt matters - talk by Dr Trevor Beard, Menzies Research Institute (ABC Radio National 4th February 2007)
• Gary Taubes, "The (Political) Science of Salt", Science, 14 August 1998, Vol. 281. no. 5379, pp. 898 - 907
• Salt and other wounds

Salt industry

• EuSalt Position papers
• LoSalt (salt substitute manufacturer)
• Salt Manufacturers' Association Salt and health
• Salt Institute Sodium and health