Salt and health/External Links

Government bodies
Many other government bodies are listed in the References section above.
 * France: Afssa – Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (French Food Safety Agency) Salt
 * France: Afssa Report on Salt: Evaluation and recommendations
 * France: Afssa Salt consumption: How things stand five years on, thanks to INCA 2
 * Ireland: Food Safety Authority of Ireland Salt and Health
 * UK: Food Standards Agency Salt campaign
 * UK: Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) Salt and Health (PDF) and Salt Subgroup minutes
 * UK: Why 6g? A summary of the scientific evidence for the salt intake target

Medical authorities

 * The Cochrane Collaboration "Effect of longer-term modest salt reduction on blood pressure"
 * Menzies Research Institute Salt Matters Web Site

Universities

 * University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Nutrition for Health and Fitness: Sodium in Your Diet

Charities and campaigns

 * British Nutrition Foundation article "Salt in the Diet"
 * Consensus Action on Salt and Health (UK charity)
 * Action on Salt and Health
 * CSPI page Salt: The Forgotten Killer
 * Irish Heart Foundation booklet Time to cut down on salt (PDF format)
 * World Action on Salt and Health (WASH)

Journalism

 * BBC article "Salt: friend or foe?"
 * BBC medical notes "Salt"
 * Guardian article The sceptic
 * Ockham's Razor Salt matters - talk by Dr Trevor Beard, Menzies Research Institute (ABC Radio National 4th February 2007)
 * Gary Taubes, "The (Political) Science of Salt", Science, 14 August 1998, Vol. 281. no. 5379, pp. 898 - 907
 * Salt and other wounds

Salt industry

 * EuSalt Position papers
 * LoSalt (salt substitute manufacturer)
 * Salt Manufacturers' Association Salt and health
 * Salt Institute Sodium and health