[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-sodium-reduction-strategies-that-work":3,"post-sodium-reduction-strategies-that-work-author":61,"post-sodium-reduction-strategies-that-work-related":77},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":60,"description":13,"excerpt":61,"extension":62,"featuredImage":61,"meta":63,"navigation":64,"path":65,"publishedAt":66,"readingTime":67,"seo":68,"stem":71,"tags":72,"__hash__":76},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fsodium-reduction-strategies-that-work.md","Sodium reduction: strategies that survive contact with real kitchens","faculty-public-health",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":50},"minimark",[10,14,19,22,26,29,33,36,40,43,47],[11,12,13],"p",{},"In most settings, the majority of dietary sodium never passes through a salt shaker. It arrives in bread, processed meats, sauces, stock cubes and restaurant food. Advice built on the shaker addresses the smaller share of the problem.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"population-approaches","Population approaches",[11,20,21],{},"Reformulation targets, front-of-pack labelling and procurement standards for schools and hospitals shift intake without requiring any individual to change behaviour. These are slow, unglamorous, and among the most cost-effective nutrition interventions available.",[15,23,25],{"id":24},"individual-counselling-that-works","Individual counselling that works",[11,27,28],{},"Focus on the highest-sodium items in that person's actual diet rather than a generic list. Substituting one daily processed item usually beats a lecture on seasoning.",[15,30,32],{"id":31},"salt-substitutes","Salt substitutes",[11,34,35],{},"Potassium-based substitutes lower blood pressure at population level, but they are not appropriate for everyone — advanced kidney disease and certain medications make them unsafe. Screen before recommending.",[15,37,39],{"id":38},"watch-the-discretionary-salt-trap","Watch the discretionary-salt trap",[11,41,42],{},"Telling someone to remove the salt shaker while their daily bread and sauces go unexamined produces disappointment and blame. Name the real sources first.",[15,44,46],{"id":45},"measuring-progress","Measuring progress",[11,48,49],{},"Spot urine estimates are convenient and imprecise; 24-hour urine collection remains the reference standard. Choose based on whether you need individual accuracy or population trend.",{"title":51,"searchDepth":52,"depth":53,"links":54},"",2,3,[55,56,57,58,59],{"id":17,"depth":52,"text":18},{"id":24,"depth":52,"text":25},{"id":31,"depth":52,"text":32},{"id":38,"depth":52,"text":39},{"id":45,"depth":52,"text":46},"Public Health",null,"md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fsodium-reduction-strategies-that-work","2026-05-06",7,{"metaTitle":69,"metaDescription":70,"title":5,"description":13},"Sodium reduction: strategies that survive contact with real kitchens | Nexus Institute Blog","Advice to \"use less salt\" ignores where most sodium actually comes from. What works at population and individual level.","blog\u002Fsodium-reduction-strategies-that-work",[73,74,75],"sodium","hypertension","policy","bRBSlyBqg1F0qSnyYGToBcSy-q-V-CNUG5sXLG5ZOQ4",[]]