New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

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Does your partner pass the salt before you even ask? Maybe you keep a grinder on hand at work to pep up your lunch? Or store sachets of soy sauce in your handbag, just in case. Either way, you could be among the majority of Kiwis who are exceeding the national dietary guidelines for safe salt consumption.

“Most people are unaware they’re eating too much salt,” says dietitian Sonya Stanley.

“Seventy-five percent of our salt intake comes just from foods that we eat,

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