The diet change could also ward off nearly 9 million cases of stroke and heart disease. A 1 gram reduction in daily salt consumption might prevent over 9 million occurrences of heart disease and strokes and save 4 million lives by 2030, according to estimations published in the open access journal
The study also found that a 6-gram reduction in salt consumption would save 8 million lives.A 1 gram reduction in daily salt consumption might prevent over 9 million occurrences of heart disease and strokes and save 4 million lives by 2030, according to estimations published in the open access journalChina has one of the highest salt intakes in the world, averaging 11 g/day—more than double the level advised by the Chinese government.
The first of them was to reduce daily salt consumption by 1 gram within a year. The second was the WHO’s interim aim of a 30% reduction by 2025, which equated to a 3.2 gram/day decrease over the period. Given that, on average, adults in China consume 11 g/day of salt, reducing this by 1 g/day should lower average systolic blood pressure by about 1.2 mmHg. And if this reduction were achieved in a year and sustained, some 9 million cases of heart disease and stroke could be prevented by 2030—4 million of them fatal.
And if kept up until 2040, the cumulative total could reach around 27 million cases, 12 million of them fatal. There might also be additional health benefits, which the lack of relevant data didn’t allow the researchers to estimate: these include secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and reductions in cases of chronic kidney disease and stomach cancer, rates of which are already high or rising in China, they suggest.
They conclude: “The evidence for the substantial benefits of salt reduction in China is consistent and compelling. Achieving and sustaining population salt reduction in China could prevent millions of unnecessary cardiovascular events and deaths. Given the sheer size of the Chinese population, this would also bring major benefits to global health.”
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