Global Heart Podcast: 2025 WHO Guidelines on Low Sodium Salt Substitutes with Prof. Mary L’Abbé & Prof. Jaime Miranda

In this episode, we explore the 2025 WHO guidelines on the use of low-sodium salt substitutes. Prof. Mary L’Abbé, a member of the WHO guideline development group, explains the evidence, recommendations, and key considerations behind this important new guideline. Later, Prof. Jaime Miranda reflects on the global public health implications, implementation challenges, and how salt substitution could be a game changer for reducing population-level cardiovascular risk. Tune in to learn about the science, the controversies, and the potential for real-world impact.

And you can have access to the full WHO report here:

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240105591

 Read the Editorial on Global Heart Journal

https://globalheartjournal.com/articles/10.5334/gh.1419

Further reading:  

- Salt study in Peru: Effect of salt substitution on community-wide blood pressure and hypertension incidence - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0754-2

- UN GSDR 2023 report: Global Sustainable Development Report 2023: Times of Crisis, Times of Change - Science for Accelerating Transformations to Sustainable Development - https://sdgs.un.org/gsdr/gsdr2023

- Season with Sense - a public health campaign with the aim of driving down consumer sodium intake - https://www.seasonwithsense.com

Chapters

• 1:16 Prof. Mary L’Abbé, a member of the WHO guideline development group, explains the evidence, recommendations, and key considerations behind this important new guideline
• 25:00 Prof. Jaime Miranda reflects on the global public health implications, implementation challenges, and how salt substitution could be a game changer for reducing population-level cardiovascular risk