Cutting a teaspoon of salt daily can lower blood pressure as effectively as medication, study reveals

A new study shows cutting out one teaspoon of salt from your diet each day can help lower your blood pressure just as much as blood pressure medication.

Researchers at Northwestern University say the benefits of lowering the amount of sodium in a person’s diet are dramatic.

Between 70 and 75 percent of people studied saw a drop in their blood pressure.

Whether they already were on medicine or not.

A teaspoon of salt is about 2,300 milligrams.

That’s the top daily limit for people over 14 years old.

However, the American Heart Association recommends a diet with less than 1,500 milligrams of sodium each day.

The study was published Saturday in the Journal of The American Medical Association.