In a recent survey, most adults with diabetes knew that a high salt diet is linked to high blood pressure and stroke - but most still consumed too much sodium anyway.
“Despite knowledge that a high salt diet is related to high blood pressure it was not a high level of concern for this population group,” Kristy Gray, a researcher with the University of South Australia School of Pharmacy and Medical Science in Adelaide, and her co-authors wrote in the journal Appetite.
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