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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Public health advocates frequently site Americans’ high-sodium diet as one factor in the nation’s cardiac health. While sodium has been definitively linked to high-blood pressure—a key risk factor for CVD—few rigorously controlled studies make the direct causal link between high sodium intake and cardiovascular damage, heart attack, or stroke.
