In a research which would initiate a long term discussion of the effect of extra salt on health, scientists found out no proof that decrease of salt intake in low amounts decreases the risk of developing heart disease or dying young.

In an organized evaluation printed by The Cochrane Library, British researchers found that though reducing salt intake did result in minimum decrease in blood pressure which doesn’t signifies less death rate or heart disease danger.

The scientists doubted that researches done so far were not enough to display any advantages to health of the heart and advocated for major studies to be undertaken soon.

“With governments setting ever lower targets for salt intake and food manufacturers working to remove it from their products, it’s really important that we do some large research trials to get a full understanding of the benefits and risks of reducing salt intake,” said Rod Taylor of the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry at Exeter University, who led the review.

Most skilled professionals agree that intake of extra salt is not correct for you and that reducing salt intake can decrease hypertension in people having normal and high blood pressure.

While the trials conducted before have revealed that decrease salt intake results in lower blood pressure, studies are yet to confirm if this results in good overall heart health in a large range of population.

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a main danger cause of cardiovascular diseases like heart failure, heart attacks and stroke these are world’s number 1 killers.

Taylor said he did not find any advantages as the number of people on whom the studies was conducted and the decrease in salt was much small.

“The people in the trials we analyzed only reduced their salt intake by a moderate amount, so the effect on blood pressure and heart disease was not large,” he said.

The developed countries have rules sanctioned by the government urging the people to decrease the consumption of salt in order to benefit their health for a long time. The World Health Organization (WHO) mentions reduced salt consumption in its top 10 “best buys” for decreasing chronic disease rates.

The National Institute of Health and Clinical Guidance (NICE), in Britain has urged speedily reducing salt intake from the people from intake of 6 grams(g) per day for adults by 2015 to 3g by 2025.

The rules of U.S. suggests that Americans consume less than 2.3g of salt daily, or 1.5g for some people who are more in danger of having high blood pressure or heart disease.

A previous analysis of Cochrane about dietary advice printed in 2004 was unable to find proofs in order to give any results of the effects of cutting salt intake on death rates or heart disease rate.

In a recent analysis, the group of Taylor found seven researches which comprised 6,489 participants. The scientists collected sufficient information to start taking out results but then too they think that they will be requiring information from at least 18000 people prior to their expectation of recognizing any evident health advantages.

A major WHO nutrition expert told that the governments of the whole world can save large expenses on health and prevent early deaths if they launch laws to reduce levels of salt in food.