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"Nobody" but countless doctors and scientists of the AHA.

"The AHA recommendation to reduce salt intake is based on strong science, not just extrapolations or complex math," Sacco says. "There have even been randomized trials, the strongest evidence we have that show people who follow lower-sodium diets have lower blood pressure and fewer heart attacks and strokes."

https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20110504/study-show...