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Salt and Blood NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on a new study out today showing that people with normal blood pressures may benefit from reducing their consumption of salt. Researchers have known for years that people with high blood pressure are helped by lowering sodium consumption. Now it appears that strategy may help healthy people avoid heart disease. But some blood pressure experts question whether the effect of reducing salt intake is only temporary.

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NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on a new study out today showing that people with normal blood pressures may benefit from reducing their consumption of salt. Researchers have known for years that people with high blood pressure are helped by lowering sodium consumption. Now it appears that strategy may help healthy people avoid heart disease. But some blood pressure experts question whether the effect of reducing salt intake is only temporary.