Slashing salt can save lives – and it won’t hurt your hip pocket or tastebuds
- Written by Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
ShutterstockEach year, more than 2,500 Australians die from diseases linked to eating too much salt.
We shouldn’t be putting up with so much unnecessary illness, mainly from heart disease and strokes, and so many deaths.
As a new Grattan Institute report shows, there are practical steps the federal government can take to save lives, reduce...
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