The Salt Wars Rage On: A Chat with Nutrition Professor Marion Nestle

Is salt bad for us? In just the past few months researchers have published seemingly contradictory studies showing that excess sodium in the diet leads to heart disease , reduces your blood pressure, or has no effect at all . We called Scientific American advisory board member Marion Nestle , a professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and the author of Food Politics , to help parse the latest thinking regarding salt and heart health

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The Salt Wars Rage On: A Chat with Nutrition Professor Marion Nestle