1.   Doctors recommend eating less salt.

2.   For them, eating less salt does nothing to improve cardiovascular health.

3.   People with high blood pressure are usually advised to lose weight, exercise more, drink less alcohol and eat less salt, sometimes in combination with medication.

4.   The researchers did conclude that people with diagnosed high blood pressure can benefit slightly from eating less salt.

5.   Why, then, tell everyone to eat less salt?

6.   Americans, for instance, eat iodized salt, the easiest way to fight iodine deficiency.