Howard, thank you. I might suggest you read, if you choose (you may not which is your right):

Salt not as damaging to health as previously thought, says study

and

Scant Evidence Behind the Advice About Salt

and https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/salt-health-effects.html

It's Time to End the War on Salt

I stand by my sources, as you stand by yours. Like statistics (and I say this with a grin) we can pick and choose our numbers and our sources. Offered up not in argument at all, but as differing sources of information for the sake of discussion.