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Canadian Family Physician January 2008, 54 (1) 89;
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The average Canadian diet contains about 3500 mg of sodium daily (approximately 1.5 teaspoons of salt), which is approximately 2000 mg more than is recommended for most adults. Meta-analyses have shown that a daily 1840-mg reduction in dietary sodium (0.8 teaspoon of salt) would reduce blood pressure by 5.1/2.7 mm Hg. Table 1 shows the potential reduction in death and hypertension from this modest reduction in salt intake.

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Potential reduction in death and hypertension from a reduction in dietary sodium of 1840 mg/d (0.8 teaspoon of salt) in Canada

The College of Family Physicians of Canada has recently endorsed a policy statement on sodium from Blood Pressure Canada. For more information on this statement, including a table on sodium intake recommendations by age, see the Blood Pressure Canada website at www.hypertension.ca/bpc.

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  • Source: Blood Pressure Canada. Policy—sodium. Calgary, AB: Blood Pressure Canada; 2007. Available from: http://hypertension.ca/bpc/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/bpc-sodium-policy-with-endorsements-clean.pdf. Accessed 2007 November 7.

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