Can you salt ‘experts’ please make up your minds?

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Wait a second. Now I’m supposed to eat more salt?

I had to do a double-take when I saw this recent headline from my colleague Thomas H. Maugh II in The Times’ Health section (the emphasis is mine):

Maugh goes on to report that U.S. experts promptly criticized the study, which contradicts the prevailing dietary wisdom, and quotes one expert as saying -- and you know someone had to say it -- ‘this study might need to be taken with a grain of salt.’ You can read Maugh’s story here, which goes into great detail about the finding.

Personally, I think someone needs to do some research on whether all this research ultimately does more harm than good. What do you think?

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