For years people have been urged to cut their salt intake, but researchers claim that sugar is more related to high blood pressure than salt is.
Sugar - not salt - is to blame for high blood pressure, US researchers claim.
They argue that high sugar levels affect a key area of the brain which causes the heart rate to quicken and blood pressure to rise.
The scientists from New York and Kansas also highlight a recent study of 8,670 French adults which found no link between salt and high blood pressure. Read more
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