Patients with hypertension are often advised to restrict their salt intake. But can a low-sodium diet work like a drug? Researchers have found that reducing salt intake by a teaspoon daily can be as effective as the use of blood pressure medication.
Hypertension is a condition in which pressure in the arteries is too high (130/80 millimeters of mercury or higher). Around 1 billion people worldwide have hypertension, and it accounts for about half of all heart disease- and stroke-related deaths in the world.
