Traditionally, Indians consume between 10 and 15 gm of salt a day. While this may have been tolerable in earlier generations when hard work in the heat enabled the body to sweat it off, today, it is leading to unhealthy consequences.
“The World Health Organisation recommends only 5 gm per day. This means that we have to cut down our salt intake considerably. If all of us reduce our salt intake by one-third, it is estimated that the health budget...
