“Cutting down on salt doesn’t have to mean cutting down on flavour, or cutting out your favourite foods. This misconception is what puts many people off – but by making swaps to low-in-salt products, reduced sodium alternatives to traditional salt, changing habits surrounding salt use, and cooking from scratch more often, you will see your salt levels reduce with ease, and your health benefit massively.”

Beth Furness (ANutr), Nutritionist, Nutracheck

“Keeping our salt intake to a minimum is a really simple way to improve our health. Too much salt in our diet can cause high blood pressure, leading to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. A major challenge is that most of the salt we ingest comes in pre-prepared everyday foods such as bread, cereals, processed meat and take-aways but it is important to be mindful of the salt we add, either to the food we cook, or direct to our plate on the table; keep it to a minimum. A little less salt is more palatable than a few more tablets to keep your blood pressure healthy.”

Dr Ian Campbell MBE, Obesity and weight loss management expert