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People are usually unaware that they are consuming more salt than they really need. (121) **Reducing** salt intake to less than 5g per day could prevent millions of deaths each year. Too much salt in the diet can lead to heart disease and high blood pressure. In the early 1960s, Japanese life (122) **expectancy** was the lowest of any G7 country, due to stomach cancer which partly resulted from the enormous amount of salt they (123) **added** into their food. The decrease in salty food intake is partly responsible for the longer longevity of the Japanese nowadays. Many food manufacturers are reforming the (124) **recipes** to reduce salt in their products. Since they realized the risks salt might bring to health, many consumers (125) **have adopted** into the habit of checking nutrition labels to see how much salt is in a product before buying it.

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